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.
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.
Additional funding opportunities are expected to spark innovation across North Carolina’s research landscape. The 2022-23 N.C. budget provides the Collaboratory with $500,000 of additional recurring funding for the HMSI Research Grant Program.
From June through December 2020, a group of UNC-Chapel Hill researchers conducted this observational study investigating the spread of COVID-19 among essential workers employed in the farming and food processing industry and their households.
Eighteen undergraduate and five graduate students will provide support to the Collaboratory and assist with the dozens of ongoing projects in our research portfolio.
The North Carolina Collaboratory has been nominated for an EdScoop 50 national award.
In June the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released four new drinking water health advisories related to PFAS contamination. The soundness of these advisories has since been called into question and in late July a lawsuit was filed seeking to overturn two of them.
The NC Department of Public Instruction and the Collaboratory are leading a joint $6 million effort to spur research on the impact of COVID-19 on student learning and the evaluation of existing policies and programs aimed at overcoming those challenges.
