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Outreach
For UNC research to be effective and worthwhile, it must be translated from ideas in a lab to positive outcomes for real people. UNC emphasizes the importance of translating theoretical research into real solutions in the communities that contribute to the university's efforts. Researchers across the system are putting their work into practice in local communities, improving the quality of life for North Carolina's citizens across the state.
Towards Neighborhood Self-Sufficiency
Dr. Tony Graham, a researcher and professor at North Carolina A&T is developing a tool to enable local neighborhoods to solve their own infrastructure and planning problems, based on the priorities of the geographic area in question. Dr. Graham's Neighborhood Infrastructure Model integrates a variety of data sources to build neighborhood-level indicators as a means of measuring neighborhood problems and designing policies to address them.
Music Research Institute
The Music Research Institute within the School of Music at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, has a mission to conduct research that advances the understanding of music and to share new knowledge for the good of society. Research occurs in 6 areas of focus; biomusic, neuroimaging, music-related hearing loss, music education, music performance, and ethnomusicology, with the over-arching goal to understand the phenomenon of music.
Tobacco Education and Policy Research
Wade Hampton (pictured) is president of the nonprofit organization Survivors and Victims of Tobacco Empowerment (SAVE). Started by UNC Chapel Hill professor of medicine Dr. Adam Goldstein; SAVE connects volunteers who have survived tobacco-related illnesses with North Carolina middle and high school students. SAVE is part of a greater tobacco outreach research effort - UNC's Tobacco Prevention and Evaluation Program, which is directed by Dr. Goldstein.
Wounded Warrior
Through their Training for Optimal Performance program, the Biofeedback Clinic at East Carolina University assists military personnel negotiate the challenges of returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan. The program provides a number of virtual reality-based treatments to Marines at Camp Lejeune, NC. These services help soldiers deal with any lasting physical or mental injuries they may have sustained while in combat, and assists with the transition back into civilian life.