University of North Carolina Chapel Hill News

State leaders want to create a distinctive identity for the Tar Heel state, and they want the public to help.

The American Dental Education Association presented the ADEA/William J. Gies Foundation Dental Research Scholarship to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Dentistry, of which Jane A. Weintraub, D.D.S., M.P.H. is the Dean.

The North Myrtle Beach Library is continuing its series of special programs about effective child-caring with "Home is Where the Start Is: Family Team Work for Child Success," a presentation by Jim R. Rogers on March 22 at 11 a.m. This program is sponsored by Children's and Adult Services.

Rachael Cartwright, RN, of Laurel, as a registered nurse. Cartwright earned her diploma of nursing from Beebe School of Nursing and has experience in emergency as well as cardiac or critical care.

It was developed by the Rev. Philip Chryst, pastor of a United Methodist mission in Wilmington, as part of an evangelism course when he was finishing his degree at Duke Divinity School.

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has nominated two Noank residents to serve as state Superior Court judges.

When initiated soon after menopause , hormone therapy with estradiol prevented degeneration in key brain regions of women who were at heightened dementia risk, according to a new study led by Stanford University School of Medicine researchers.

Filming resumes on the independent film, "The Last Summer of My Youth," which is directed, written and produced by student filmmakers from UNC-Chapel Hill.

Economic recession did not change food consumption behaviors among U.S. adults According to a new study from the American Journal of Public Health the economic downturn from the recent recession did not impact U.S. adults' food consumption behaviors as data showed little increase in cooking at home and no change in eating away from home.

This Women's History Month, I've been thinking frequently about Pauli Murray , a radical black woman who failed more than she succeeded, yet still blazed a formidable trail.

Researchers have developed a new heat-based technique for counting and measuring the size of microscopic particles.

Georgia's pre-K Program has begun registration for the 2014-15 school year. Each Georgia pre-K provider is responsible for setting registration dates, so it is necessary to check directly with pre-K providers to learn when and how to register.

Contact: Mike Siciliano, 858-442-0521 SAN DIEGO, Calif., March 12, 2014 / Christian Newswire / -- Rock Church, the largest church in San Diego, Calif., has implemented Goodsnitch, a mobile app that allows consumers to provide anonymous, private feedback to businesses and organizations in real-time.

The top-ranked high school student Madisyn Hill was awarded the Superintendent's Academic Excellence Award at Wednesday's school board meeting .

A committee that focuses on tax issues unveiled the latest version of a bill that would repeal business privilege license taxes that about 300 municipalities require.

The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia will host an emerging scholars symposium, " While Silent, They Speak: Art and Diplomacy ," March 28-29.

Changing the texture and surface characteristics of a semiconductor material at the nanoscale can influence the way that neural cells grow on the material.

The RNA subunit of vertebrate telomerase provides a template for reverse transcription, contained within the conserved template/pseudoknot domain, and a conserved regions 4 and 5 domain, all essential for catalytic activity.

From the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics , Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine , and Department of Clinical Pharmacy, UCSF Institute for Health Policy Studies, UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCSF Center for Translational and Policy Research on Personalized Medicine , University of California, San ... (more)

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's graduate and professional programs have been ranked by U.S. News & World Report for the 2015 edition of "America's Best Graduate Schools."