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Immunologist, UNC alum Kizzmekia Corbett’s work represents the best of what science offers

A leading researcher on coronavirus spike proteins and mRNA vaccine technology long before the COVID-19 pandemic emerged, Kizzmekia Corbett’s work proved critical to developing vaccines in record time. For a year and a half, she worked around-the-clock alongside her team at the National Institutes of Health, where she was a research fellow. (Boston Globe) Tar Heels help preserve the history of local Black communities
Chapel Hill and Carrboro’s historically Black communities — especially the Northside community — have a rich history with deep ties to civil rights and...
Fri Mar 4, 2022

From girls in stem to chicken wings: UNC students keep pace with booming business startups
As business applications nationally have soared over the past year, student entrepreneurs at the University of North Carolina have been keeping pace.