Mission Critical—Supporting North Carolina’s COVID-19 Efforts
UNC System contributions to North Carolina’s COVID-19 efforts exemplify how the higher education involves much more than delivering information and engaging students.
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UNC Board of Governors HMSI Committee Announces Award of $610,000 in Funding to UNC Asheville to Fight COVID-19
CHAPEL HILL, NC – The UNC Board of Governors announces that the University of North Carolina Asheville will receive $610,000 in funding, through its recently announced partnership with the N.C. Policy Collaboratory at UNC-Chapel Hill, to help fight COVID-19.
UNC Board of Governors HMSI Committee Receives $6M in Funding to Fight COVID-19
CHAPEL HILL, NC – The UNC Board of Governors announced today that it will partner with the N.C. Policy Collaboratory at UNC-Chapel Hill to award $6 million in COVID-19 funding to the UNC System’s six historically minority-serving institutions.
Blunt Adverse Effects to Wildlife
Birds alighting on driveways and baby bunnies munching on lawn grass should keep something in mind: Beware the house cat.
App State Alumnus Identifies a New Tyrannosaur Species
While studying some skull fragments for his master’s thesis at the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada, an Appalachian State University alumnus identified a new species of tyrannosaurid dinosaur, and his findings have received worldwide attention from news media.
Original Cartilage and Evidence of DNA Preserved in 75 Million-Year-Old Baby Dinosaur
Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and North Carolina State University have found evidence of preserved fragments of proteins and apparent chromosomes within isolated cell-like microstructures in cartilage from a baby duckbilled dinosaur. The findings further support the idea that these original molecules can persist for tens of millions of years.
N.C. A&T Patent Improves the Detection Of Defects In Aircraft
A new patent from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University will improve nondestructive evaluation methods for subsurface aircraft defects.
App State Ranked the Nation’s Top Producer of Fulbright U.S. Scholars in 2019–20
Appalachian State University is the nation’s top producer of Fulbright scholars among master’s institutions in 2019–20, according to the U.S. Department of State and Institute of International Education (IIE).
ECU, Vidant Doctors First in NC to Treat Brain Tumors with New Radiation Procedure
Doctors at East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine and Vidant Medical Center were the first in North Carolina to perform a new radiation therapy procedure that is giving hope to patients with recurrent brain tumors.
Qatar University Awards More Than $200,000 Grant to ECSU for Renewable Energy Research
Elizabeth City State University has been awarded a $207,600 grant from Qatar University for professor of technology, Dr. Bijandra Kumar’s work studying inexpensive and efficient plant carbon dioxide conversion to fuel.