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One giant leap

From training the country’s earliest astronauts to uncovering new knowledge about the universe, Carolina has played a role in space exploration and discovery.

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‘Hope grows here’
The place at the end of the bumpy dirt road looks and sounds like many farms in rural Chatham County. But the writing carved into the wooden sign above the garden gate shows the difference at the Farm at Penny Lane: “Hope Grows Here.”
‘Mr. North Carolina’ sticks to the subject he loves
Bob Anthony considers himself a "professional North Carolinian," managing 4.5 million books, maps, photographs and other cultural heirlooms in the nation's largest single state-focused collection.
Well Said: Helping new Tar Heels feel at home
On this week’s episode, rising junior Excellence Perry shares how he hopes to empower incoming Tar Heels as an orientation leader.

Discover UNC-Chapel Hill

Professor and student hold up their 3D printed cube

Could we make a Carolina Blue spacecraft?

Associate professor Andrew Mann is building small satellites in campus makerspaces to discover young planets that could one day sustain life.

News and Updates

- Autism may arise from genetic defect during ‘scaffolding’ of developing brain
  Led by Carolina's Eva Anton, scientists have uncovered details of a key cellular mechanism crucial for brain development. This process of brain development is spawned by a gene that, when mutated, had previously been linked to the development of autism.
- Richard Stevens elected to chair UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees; new members sworn in
  Six other members were sworn in to begin their four-year terms.
- Mohit Bansal receives Google Focused Research Award
- Message from Interim Chancellor Guskiewicz and Provost Blouin on Emil Kang
- Studying premature babies to understand environmental impacts on children’s health
  UNC School of Medicine researchers are 15 years into a long-term study to learn how to optimize the health of children born at less than 28 weeks gestation, including identifying factors that help them succeed in school and develop social and communication skills.
- Five former Carolina student-athletes win the 2019 World Cup
- PlayMakers’ Vivienne Benesch is Broadway bound, will direct Debra Messing in “Birthday Candles”

In Pictures

Bringing literature to life

More than 135 Austen enthusiasts from around the world joined scholars and North Carolina teachers for the seventh annual Jane Austen Summer Program. Each year, the four-day symposium takes a deep dive into the 18th-century author’s works and also brings Austen’s work off the pages and into real life through cultural experiences including a Regency-style masquerade ball, exhibits and afternoon teas.

Carolina on Social Media

- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  Congratulations to UNC Computer Science assistant professor Mohit Bansal for receiving a Google Focused Research Award in natural language processing! Learn how this $1.5 million award will fund his project on spatial language understanding.
- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  Nearly 50 years ago, the world watched as man stepped foot on the moon for the first time. But before the Apollo astronauts made this giant leap for mankind, they first trained right here at #UNC in the Morehead Planetarium & Science Center. See how Carolina played a pivotal ...
- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  “Our goal with Adventure Squad is to get this game into the hands of every hospitalized child across the country.” See how two Carolina professors teamed up to keep patients at the UNC Children's - North Carolina Children's Hospital active and on the move during their treatme...
- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  A new study from the #UNC lab of Nobel laureate Dr. Aziz Sancar found that cells damaged by chemotherapy can almost completely fix their most important DNA within two days. Discover how this could help researchers develop treatment plans to reduce toxicity in normal tissue while ...
- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  No matter where you look on campus, you can spot that signature shade of Carolina blue 😍
- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  UNC School of Medicine researchers uncovered details of a key cellular mechanism crucial for brain development. This process of brain development is spawned by a gene that, when mutated, had previously been linked to the development of autism. Learn what this discovery means for ...
- @UNC
  Plagued with a runny nose or sore throat? Spoiler: common colds can happen in the summer too. @UNC_Health_Care's Dr. Isaias Melo-Lizardo tells us the difference between summer and winter colds, and how to stay healthy 😷 https://t.co/LduwJRUgOt
- @UNC
  Celebrate the #Apollo50 moon landing at #UNC! Check out this week's lineup of events at @moreheadplanet: https://t.co/myKO6ocUlk https://t.co/rWJHctd117
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  .@UNCPhysics assistant professor Andrew Mann wanted to buy a satellite for space missions. Instead, he was told to build one. See how #UNC makerspaces are helping him get his idea for telescopes that can discover young planets off the ground 🛰️ https://t.co/PjCwmCSAZU
- @UNC
  Talk about a good way to start off a Monday. @unccs assistant professor Mohit Bansal has received a $1.5 million Google Focused Research Award! Learn how he hopes to explore spatial language understanding. https://t.co/XWZcSDhy0v
- @UNC
  RT @UNCResearch: For over 200 years, @UNC has strived to understand the natural world and how we interact with it. From geology in the 180…
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  As the world prepares to celebrate the #Apollo50 anniversary, discover how #UNC and @moreheadplanet played pivotal roles in this giant leap for mankind 👨🏻‍🚀 https://t.co/SxiW3E3yn0

Events

Jun 20
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Sep 29
Beating the Heat: Surviving Summers in North Carolina Before Air Conditioning
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Wilson Library200 South RdChapel Hill27599 | Free
An exhibition at the University Libraries looks at the ways that North Carolinians in the late 19th and early 20th centuries kept cool during the hottest months of the year.
Jul 15
OUR Travel Award Deadline
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Deadline for Office for Undergraduate Research travel awards.
Jul 15
Graduate Research Consultant Program Fall Applications Due
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Fall applications are due for the Graduate Research Consultant (GRC) Program.