Shining a light on autism
One out of 110 school-age children in the U.S. is diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Given these numbers, it is likely that you know someone who is affected by autism.
Spotlight
Inspiration, green go together at UNC
Kirk Pelland, director of grounds services, calls it the "Patch Adams" moment. In the movie – filmed on UNC’s campus in the summer of 1998 – two main characters sit on a bench, devising their futures.
Combating chemical warfare with a catch-all antidote
Someday, a bio-scavenger may be a soldier’s best friend.
The Force is strong with this one
In The Empire Strikes Back, a robotic probe lands on the ice planet Hoth, rises from the snow and searches for the Rebellion’s hideout. The long-limbed, metallic probe finds a specific structure and determines that it could be a field generator. Darth Vader orders the attack.
Cool jazz in hot summertime
Freedom. In mid-summer, many people associate freedom with fireworks and picnics. For Cameron Cook of Mooresville, N.C., an incoming first-year student at UNC-Chapel Hill, freedom means playing his saxophone.
Entrepreneurship shaped student’s global path
Wyatt Bruton is a 2011 UNC graduate teaching at Zhiying Middle School in Xiwei Village in Guangdong, China.
Student’s winter art goes downtown
Carolina student Adrian Schlesinger brought the Chapel Hill community together through her art installation in the vacant Yates Motor Company building on West Franklin Street.
Material guy: toward artificial organs
Someday, might you have a polyester pancreas? Or heart? Or kidney? It isn’t out of the question, given the work of such scientists as Devin Barrett.
Resident relaxes, restores through UNC Bhangra
Deepak Raj Dugar doesn’t have much free time. When the ENT-Head and Neck Surgery Resident does find a moment, he relaxes and restores himself through an ancient and evolving dance called Bhangra.
