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Adi Mittal pipetting in the lab

This 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ medical student wants to make tests for cerebral aneurysms simpler and more effective

Adi Mittal balances research, classwork and business as a student and startup founder.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • Innovation Institute
  • School of Medicine
Peng Liu with a graphic featuring chemistry motifs

Peng Liu is unraveling new reactions — and new ways of working together

With a pair of Nature papers among a flurry of recent studies, the computational chemist is on a hot streak that shows no sign of stopping.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Manush Saydmohammed and Michael Tsang with a microscope in the lab

How a fish could lead to new hope for treating persistent wounds

An unexpected discovery by School of Medicine Professor Michael Tsang led to his startup Zegenex — and a new way to treat serious wounds.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Innovation Institute
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • It's Possible at 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ
  • School of Medicine
51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ startup founders pose at a table with 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ banners and Roc the panther

51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ’s first signing day for startups celebrated a milestone for researcher-entrepreneurs

Five new companies founded by 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ researchers aim to improve wound care, cancer immunotherapy, chronic pain care and more.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • School of Medicine
  • School of Social Work
Doyen's photograph of a factory.

This 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ grad student is creating a historical map of the Hill District, one photo at a time

Landscape photographer Kale Serrato Doyen’s PhD research is inspired by Teenie Harris and informed by her work documenting Latino spaces in her Michigan hometown.

  • Community Impact
  • Innovation and Research
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Cultivate student success
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Portrait of chemist, pharmaceutical executive and editor-in-chief at the journal Science Holden Thorp

Science editor Holden Thorp is 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ’s 2024 winter commencement speaker

Hear from the chemist, former UNC chancellor and pharmaceutical executive Dec. 18 at the Petersen Events Center.

  • University News
  • Innovation and Research
  • Commencement
The front of the School of Public Health Building and sculpture.

A recent 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ study sheds light on the correlation between cholesterol and Alzheimer’s disease in women

Epidemiologist Samar El Khoudary found it’s a matter of HDL quality over quantity in women entering menopause.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • School of Public Health
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS.

Look to the western skies this month to see a once-in-a-lifetime comet

We talked with Edward Potosky about how to see Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, which won’t be back for 80,000 years.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Space
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • Be welcoming and engaged
Karikari

51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ scientists validated a new panel for blood biomarkers of Alzheimer’s

Senior author Thomas Karikari hopes the test could help physicians capture the disease’s multifaceted nature and develop an approach for early intervention.

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  • Innovation and Research
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • It's Possible at 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ
Individuals connected with 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ's Disability Studies Certificate pose for a group portrait on the starts on Frick Fine Arts.

This 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ program equips students with the skills to be impactful disability advocates

The Disability Studies Certificate prepares students to incorporate accessibility and inclusion into their fields, from digital design to health care.

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  • Innovation and Research
  • Cultivate student success
  • Be welcoming and engaged
  • Promote accountability and trust
A professor demonstrates taking a pulse on a dummy in a hospital bed

51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ’s undergraduate nursing program is No. 4 in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report

The University also joined the ranks of Most Innovative Schools in the 2025 Best College rankings.

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  • Innovation and Research
  • Cultivate student success
  • School of Nursing
  • Swanson School of Engineering
Hogan, Shekhar, Bethel and Lee hold up a framed research center logo

Hillandale Farms family giving tops $45M with the creation of the Orland Bethel Musculoskeletal Research Center Biobank

The specimen repository ultimately will help develop treatments for painful conditions like arthritis that affect millions globally.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • It's Possible at 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ
  • School of Medicine
A spotted salamander on orange leaves

Humans aren’t the only creatures to make nostalgic returns home

In honor of 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ Homecoming, we spoke with Professor Corinne Richards-Zawacki about natal philopatric amphibians, which habitually return to the place where they were born to reproduce.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • Be welcoming and engaged
A woman wearing a lab coat smiles for camera.

¿Pero por qué?

Gretchen Rosado’s childhood curiosity led her to science. A Spanish-speaking lab at 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ just may lead her home.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • School of Medicine
  • Be welcoming and engaged
  • Cultivate student success
Bags full of moon seeds after their journey on the Orion spacecraft

A moon tree is taking root near 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ’s historic Allegheny Observatory

A seed that circled the moon with NASA will be planted in Riverview Park. Celebrate its arrival on Oct. 6.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Space
  • Allegheny Observatory
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • It's Possible at 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ
Aerial image of the BioForge construction site

A construction milestone for BioForge, 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ’s biomanufacturing innovation facility

In a topping-off ceremony, leaders celebrated placing the last beam of a facility that promises to help push 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵsburgh into the life sciences century.

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  • Community Impact
  • Innovation and Research
  • School of Medicine
Aiden Minch-Hick and Mary Mulcahy

This professor’s insect collection will help measure ecosystem health across the continent

Mary Mulcahy spent the summer trapping, sorting, weighing and tracking key species around Bradford.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Sustainability
  • 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ-Bradford
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • It's Possible at 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ
A herd of cattle stand in a field behind a wire fence

People eating beef are less likely to live near the industry’s pollution, 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ researchers found

The National Science Foundation study is the first to map county by county the impact of nitrogen from the U.S. cattle supply chain.

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  • Sustainability
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • It's Possible at 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ
  • Swanson School of Engineering
The Kakapel Rockshelter, a rock formation in Kenya.

51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ archaeologists helped uncover the earliest evidence of farming in East Africa

The ancient findings show how crop domestication spread bit-by-bit through the region.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ community members volunteer and bag items during MLK Day of service in the Hill District.

How 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ contributes to regional economic and community growth

Explore why the APLU recognized the University with an Innovation and Economic Prosperity designation.

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  • Cultivate student success
  • Be welcoming and engaged
  • Promote accountability and trust
  • It's Possible at 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ