Originally focused on natural resources and environmental issues, the Collaboratory has since expanded to numerous other research areas in response to some of North Carolina’s most pressing challenges.
Noble’s recently funded oyster mortality project with the Collaboratory uniquely connects to a previous Collaboratory-funded project she developed to study COVID-19 throughout North Carolina’s wastewater systems.
In July 2021, a historic $26 billion agreement was reached between states and several large drug distributors and opioid manufacturers. As part of that settlement agreement, the state of North Carolina and local governments across the state are set to receive $757 million over the next 18 years to address the opioid crisis.
The Collaboratory is awarding 11 research and development grants through a new competitive Business-Academia Partnership Program to help address the public health and economic impacts of COVID-19 in North Carolina.
Two of the Collaboratory’s previous interns who have utilized skills developed during their time with the Collaboratory in their current roles include Janis Arrojado, UNC-Chapel Hill class of 2022, and Elizabeth Kendrick, UNC-Chapel Hill class of 2020.
Researchers from UNC and N.C. State are teaming up to figure out how PFAS chemicals could be contributing to the higher risk that firefighters have of both being diagnosed and dying from cancer.
On Tuesday, Nov. 15, the Collaboratory is excited to host N.C. Department of Environmental Quality Secretary Elizabeth Biser on UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus. Secretary Biser will participate in a panel focused on environmental justice in policy making. The event is open to University students, staff and faculty.
The N.C. Department of Public Instruction and N.C. Collaboratory are leading a joint $6.73 million effort to spur research on the impact of COVID-19 on student learning in the state, with the goal of helping educators and students recover from pandemic-related disruptions and lost instructional time.
During the week of Oct. 10–14, UNC-Chapel Hill will celebrate University Research Week and call attention to the billion-dollar enterprise that research activities comprise across campus.
For Dr. Tanya Hudson, an associate professor, researcher, and chair in the College of Education at Fayetteville State University, an unexpected career path arose from a love for mathematics.
