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UNC, Duke awarded grant to establish joint Alzheimer’s disease research center

The University of North Carolina and Duke University have been awarded funds from the National Institutes of Health to establish a prestigious Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, part of a federally-funded national network of similar centers. NIH funding for the joint Duke-UNC Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center is expected to total $14.8 million. (UNC.edu) Before the Pack and Heels face off in football, they’re battling in the ‘Pantry Bowl’
It’s rivalry week for UNC and N.C. State on the football field, but the competition is heating up before Friday night’s kickoff, too. The two...
Thu Nov 25, 2021

‘We Expected Justice’: 51 Years After James Cates’ Murder, Trauma Remains
Sunday marked 51 years since the tragic murder of James Cates, a Black man who was stabbed at just 22 years old in the middle.