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Researchers ‘stunned’ after HHMI abruptly cancels program to make science more inclusive
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute abruptly ended a $60 million program to improve the retention of diverse college students ...
200 NC workers furloughed as Trump’s USAID cuts imperil 2 major Triangle nonprofits
The Triangle is home to another prominent nonprofit research firm with a global scope funded, in part, by USAID. Started in ...
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As faculty and students try to understand changes in federal research funding, some university leaders remain silent
The executive orders have sent the research community into a state of confusion, concern, and anxiety. Meanwhile, some of the ...
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NIH gave UNC-Chapel Hill $7.8 million grant to reseaerch flavored tobacco impact on lesbian and gay population
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has received a $7,775,780 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study the ...
8 Winter Health Hazards
As temperatures drop during the winter season, safety hazards for seniors increase. This is because older adults are more vulnerable to the cold due to slower circulation, lower body fat and ...
Rise in suicides inside state prisons is ‘terrible red flag’. What is NC doing?
Inside North Carolina prisons, 13 inmates killed themselves last year. Three more died in January. State officials say they ...
A North Carolina wildlife crossing will save people. Can it save the last wild red wolves too?
Hunters were once the greatest human threat to the country’s only unique wolf species. Today, it’s motorists. That fact was ...
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Immigration crackdowns raise mental health concerns for NC immigrant communities
Advocates say migration-related stressors can lead to mental health challenges for immigrants adapting to a new culture and language.
Federal funding pause threatens research at North Carolina universities and companies
The change in administration in Washington, D.C., is affecting the distribution of federal funds to institutions in North Carolina, with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) pausing grants.
Federal grant pause puts NC research in limbo
North Carolina receives nearly $2 billion annually from National Institutes for Health grants, which support a multitude of research programs across the state.
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Impact of Trump's funding freeze uncertain
Politico reported at 5:10 p.m. Tuesday that, “A federal judge has halted President Donald Trump’s freeze on federal aid programs, ruling that the courts need more time to ...