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Reported as among the top ten research universities in the United States, UNC Chapel Hill’s research endeavors has greatly impacted treatment measures for diseases such as cancer, postpartum depression, and diabetes. Such accomplishments possible through partnerships with corporations, as well as personalized treatments and targeted therapies.
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Hoping to Revitalize East Durham (RED), the PNC had two classes from UNC Department of City and Regional Planning determine a revitalization plan for the historic neighborhood. They determined that PNC should acquire specific houses in a targeted area, refurbish them, and sell them to prospective home owners. This effort has led to four properties being sold and three more renovations in progress.
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North Carolina Preservation (NoCar Oversize E 151 N6x), Vol. 148 Issue , Winter 2014-2015, p10-13, il
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Patricia Gensel is a UNC professor of biology and studies plant fossils. Scientists have traditionally believed that plants began to develop wood for structural support during the Devonian period. After studying the world’s oldest wood samples, Gensel is convinced that the plant adaptation is related more to water use and storage than to support.
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Alicia Mullis, a UNC undergraduate student, studied how music can treat chronic pain. Her research suggested that playing music helps to train our brains to not focus on pain.
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Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 28 Issue 1, Fall 2011, p20-21, por Periodical Website
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Frank Baumgartner, a UNC political scientist, studied lobbyists, interest group advocates, and government officials who worked to change policy or preserve the status quo between 1999 and 2002. After six years of research, Baumgartner found that money was not the determining factor in policy outcomes. Rather, it was the accumulation of bias and influential power already in the political system.
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UNC chemists Vyas Sharma and David Lawrence were funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to diagnose diseases in remote African villages by having people spit on seeds. They hope to turn seeds into a cheap, transportable diagnostic kit by tricking seeds into germinating only when they come into contact with an infected patient’s saliva.
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UNC researchers Mark Norris and Sheila Kannappan are analyzing the Hubble Space Telescope archives to compare the ages of dwarfs and their host galaxies. If they are both of the same age, then the dwarfs are probably giant globular clusters; if they are of different ages, then the dwarf was probably born as a galaxy and later pulled into another orbit.
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UNC historian Kathryn Burns has been analyzing the city archives of Cuzco, Peru since 1990. Burns discovered that many of the archives are missing because documents were occasionally sold or covered up by the colonial power system.
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Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 27 Issue 3, Spring 2011, p20-23, il, por Periodical Website
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UNC researchers are working on a model to understand the relationship between wildlife conservation interventions, societal responses, and positive outcomes. They hope their research can help inform decisions that balance conservation efforts and the livelihoods of the Masai villagers in the Serengeti.
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Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 27 Issue 3, Spring 2011, p38-43, il, por Periodical Website
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UNC mathematics professor Peter Mucha studies networks in attempt to quantify relationships between nodes. Mucha has used network analysis to study connections in Congress, currency exchange rates, and the Bowl Championship Series.
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Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 27 Issue 1, Fall 2010, p33-35, il Periodical Website
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UNC professor Jordynn Jack studied the ethics and scientific rhetoric used by mea and women working on the Manhattan Project. Jack found there was a difference between some of the scientists who seemed to be good at persuading and others who were not. Scientists who argued in terms of safety were less effective than those who argued in terms of what would move the project forward.
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Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 26 Issue 3, Spring 2010, p18-21, il, por Periodical Website
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Lara Wagner is the first seismologist to use broadband seismometers in the Appalachian Mountains to explore the structure of the lithosphere. Her findings show that the crust underneath the Appalachians is thick, and indicate the mountains are not eroding nearly as fast as scientists have thought.
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Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 26 Issue 3, Spring 2010, p26-29, il, por Periodical Website
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Ty Hendrick, a UNC assistant professor of biology, studies flight principles based on birds and hawkmoths. Hendrick and his lab are specifically interested in understanding how animals use their wings to turn around when they are upright in the air.
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Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 26 Issue 1, Fall 2009, p21-23, il, por Periodical Website
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UNC researchers are using visualization techniques to simulate processes occurring in protein molecules, electrical currents, and nature. Recent developments include visualizations that will help North Carolina prepare for weather-related disasters, and scanning techniques that create 3-D models of human organs.
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Carolina biologist Darrel Stafford has developed a way to check blood clot patients for certain types of mutations that make people more or less sensitive to the drug warfarin. His new method could help researchers make better blood thinners with fewer side effects.
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Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 25 Issue 2, Winter 2009, p32-33, por Periodical Website
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