UNC Research Stories

  • Crafting Their Story

    Howard Craft and Renée Alexander Craft share a commitment to storytelling to preserve history, support different perspectives, and inspire creativity.

  • Boldly Breaking Barriers

    Sam Lai has founded multiple startups by studying underexplored processes in the body — like mucus production.

  • Unmasking Ugliness

    Al Duncan has spent the last 15 years exploring why humans are drawn to the unpleasant and uncomfortable aspects of life.

  • The Future of Folk

    Patricia Sawin has devoted her career to researching people’s everyday stories, from oral histories to memes.

  • Questioning AI

    How will artificial intelligence change the world? This is just one of many questions philosopher Thomas Hofweber hopes to answer.

  • Data Displaced

    When natural hazards destroy homes and livelihoods, where do people go? Clark Gray searches for them using data.