A great year to be a Tar Heel
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Carolina launches $4.25 billion comprehensive fundraising campaign
Carolina launched an ambitious five-year, $4.25 billion comprehensive fundraising campaign. “For All Kind: The Campaign for Carolina” is the largest fundraising effort by a North Carolina university.
University research exceeds $1 billion annually for first time
Research expenditures at UNC-Chapel Hill have more than doubled over the past decade, underscoring the confidence public and private sponsors place in science at Carolina.
Honoring our bridge builders
Chancellor Carol L. Folt named 19 scholarships for “Bridge Builders,” individuals whose work, advocacy and personal example helped forge a more inclusive, unified and aspirational Carolina community.
Carolina cuts ribbon for veterans resource center
Carolina Veterans Resource Center opened its doors for military-affiliated students on UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus. The new center serves as a central location for services focused on their needs such as assistance finding and applying for specialized scholarships.
A current future
The new CURRENT ArtSpace + Studio is a 7,000 square-foot space located in the new Carolina Square on Franklin Street and it aims to foster a connection between the campus and community through art.
Milestones
Decades of discovery
For 70 years, the UNC Institute of Marine Sciences, located in Morehead City, has provided a home for Carolina scientists — from undergraduate students to tenured professors — to study the complex marine and coastal systems of North Carolina and beyond.
Five decades of striving for progress
As the Black Student Movement enters its 50th year, student members continue to push the University forward and provide a voice for black issues to make Carolina inclusive for everybody.
Dance Marathon celebrates 20 years
Carolina's first Dance Marathon 20 years ago consisted of just 75 dancers. This year, hundreds of students took to the floor in Fetzer Gym to raise money for patients and families of UNC Children’s Hospital.
Two centuries forever young
Carolina's chemistry department celebrated 200 years of chemical innovation and education.
Impactful research and innovation
Winners selected for Creativity Hubs inaugural awards
The winning teams were selected from proposals involving 194 Carolina researchers from 35 departments in 10 schools and the College of Arts & Sciences.
Study finds genetic evidence that magnetic navigation guides loggerhead sea turtles home
Loggerhead sea turtles that nest on beaches with similar magnetic fields are genetically similar, according to UNC-Chapel Hill researchers.
New therapeutic gel shows promise against cancerous tumors
The lab of Zhen Gu in the joint Carolina-NC State biomedical engineering department developed a biodegradable hydrogel scaffold system to release chemotherapeutic and immunotherapeutic drugs at the tumor site.
A new Blue makerspace
Carolina's first makerspace inside a residence hall is helping student-innovators thrive.
Student startup aims to save lives
Watchdog Medical, a startup formed by five Carolina biomedical engineering students, will represent the University at the annual ACC InVenture Prize competition this week. The team has developed a device that could help save the lives of premature infants.
Five years of launching entrepreneurs
In its five years, the accelerator program has been home to 75 startup companies. In 2017 alone, Launch startups accounted for more than 1,100 employees and $20.6 million in revenue.
