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31 Jul 2019
Curious about #SummerEXCELerator and the Chancellor's Science Scholars program at @UNC? Check out our newest cohort of scholars to see where it all begins: youtube.com/watch?v=X1Pn98u-….
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3 Nov 2022
The first cohort of CSS scholars has come so far! 🤩 Check out this profile of Anna Atencio (UNC '17, CSS 1) and the interesting work she is doing as geophysics team lead for coastal surveying company Geodynamics! #excellenceispossible #CSSalumni
3 Nov 2022
🐏 🌊 Meet Tar Heel Anna Atencio, Chancellor’s Science Scholars alumna & geophysics team lead at Geodynamics, a coastal surveying company near Morehead City, N.C.
Learn how Atencio uses data to tell the unseen stories of the ocean magazine.college.unc.edu/new… @CSS_Science @UNC_EMES
ALT Anna Atencio stands on the beach with dunes behind her.
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Chancellor's Science Scholars retweeted
Meet Madison Milotte, a #UNC junior, who spent this summer in Chatham County researching how climate change might disrupt butterfly life cycles. Learn more about the @CSS_Science scholar's research, conducted through @unc_our as a SURF recipient unc.live/3TgQ6ZL
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12 Oct 2022
Julian Robles's (UNC '23, CSS 7) research with @livingFREElab studies the effects of eating disorders, obesity, and other eating-based behaviors in minority communities and seeks to improve eating behaviors to increase overall health. 🍎 #UNCResearchWeek #excellenceispossible
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Chancellor's Science Scholars retweeted
10 Oct 2022
🔎 This week, we're highlighting researchers across the College as part of #UNCResearchWeek.
Meet Madison Milotte, a junior biology and environmental sciences double major who spent their summer studying cabbage white butterfly development in relation to temperature change. (1/5)
ALT Madison Milotte stands in a field on the farm where they collected cabbage white butterflies and holds a butterfly net.
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10 Oct 2022
Nathan Kelete (UNC '25, CSS 9) spent this summer in the @UNCpublichealth QUEST program, where he used his analytical skills to explore the disproportionate effect of environmental exposures on low-income areas and populations of color. 💻 #UNCResearchWeek #excellenceispossible
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4 Oct 2022
So many colleagues sent me thoughtful messages after reading the piece about my experience in science/medicine. But one trainee asked why I'm in a suit in all my pics/vids when I claim to wear a hoodie at work🤣. Sooo...new professional photo. This is my real Sciencing outfit.🐁
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12 Sep 2022
We are proud that @CSS_Science scholars are making valuable contributions to the state of NC (and beyond!) through hands-on STEM research here at @UNC. 🔬🧬⚗️🔭🪐🌱🦠🧠 #excellenceispossible
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8 Sep 2022
This summer, Darius Johnson (CSS 4, UNC '20) participated in the @UNC_SOM Kenan Primary Care Medical Scholars program, which aims to inspire more primary care MDs to practice in rural and urban areas of NC. Read about his experiences in the program's urban track. ⤵️ #CSSalumni
7 Sep 2022
Meet two dynamic UNC medical students, Darius Johnson and Kristel Black, whose six-week summer internships as Kenan Urban Primary Care Medical Scholars took them on a deep dive into primary care needs in downtown Raleigh.
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7 Sep 2022
Employee spotlight on one of our 1st #CSSalumni from Cohort 1: Anna Atencio. Anna is now a Geophysical Survey team lead for Geodynamics LLC. 🤩 #excellenceispossible
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Chancellor's Science Scholars retweeted
1 Sep 2022
@jointbme grad and @CSS_Science alum @magwag00 off to do wonderful things. Her term started off with a stellar international presentation @NACoBiomechs. Now get's to train with @joshrbaxter? #jealous.
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31 Aug 2022
Fascinating article on an interdisciplinary approach to innovative wearable technology from the Bai Lab at @UNC! Kimberly Brown (CSS 9, UNC '25), a computer science major and undergrad researcher in the lab, is pictured below--front row, on the left. 🤩 #excellenceispossible
31 Aug 2022
Meet Wubin Bai, assistant professor of applied physical sciences, and his team, who are working to improve patients' lives through a wearable, wireless patch that monitors heart pulsation, respiration and more during recovery. college.unc.edu/2022/08/bioe… @baiwubin @aps_unc @UNC_SOM
ALT Professor Wubin Bai and his team of six fellow researchers smile for a photo in their lab.
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Chancellor's Science Scholars retweeted
31 Aug 2022
Varun Potlapalli ‘23 spent the summer getting his feet wet in MD-PhD studies as part of a collaboration between @UNC_SOM and @CSS_Science. He shadowed doctors, attended rounds, met with current MD-PhD students and prepared a research presentation. unc.live/3Q2RWvt
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30 Aug 2022
Love seeing #CSSalumni out doing great things, like Maggie Wagner (CSS 6, UNC '22) who is now pursuing her PhD in #bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania! 🤩 #excellenceispossible
25 Aug 2022
So proud of these folks. Doing great things @NACoBiomechs. @_yujin_kwon @magwag00 @Andy_Shelt @PeruvianOx @MandyMunsch @emkeich. Representing @jointbme @CLEAR_NCSU_UNC!
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Chancellor's Science Scholars retweeted
#BlackinChemRollCall Hi, I’m Kristen (she/her), a fourth yr PhD candidate @UCB_Chemistry working on total synthesis & methods w/ pyrones in the @SarpongGroup. I obtained my chem BS @uncchemistry where I was fortunate to be in @CSS_Science, who helped me find my place in chem. 1/2
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20 Jul 2022
This summer, Jarvis Richardson (UNC '24, CSS 8) is working on environmental justice-based research through the @UNCpublichealth Equity and Environmental Justice Program (QUEST), a paid internship funded by a grant from @BWFUND. (1/3)
#excellenceispossible #scholarsummers
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20 Jul 2022
Jarvis's main project involves learning how various sociodemographic factors influence the association between exposure to heavy metals and risks of developing cancer. Currently, he is analyzing the associations between arsenic exposure and incidence of bladder cancer.
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20 Jul 2022
"Through this experience I am learning how to conduct ecological studies, which will be important in my future career as an epidemiologist. I am also learning statistical methods to analyze population data and working on writing my manuscript." - Jarvis Richardson, CSS 8 (3/3)
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Chancellor's Science Scholars retweeted
15 Jul 2022
Varun Potlapalli always had a career in medicine in mind, but it was his high school biochemistry courses and the Chancellor’s Science Scholar’s Summer EXCELerator at Carolina that piqued his interest in pursuing both an MD and Ph.D. 🥼 go.unc.edu/c6P4C @CSS_Science @UNC
ALT Varun Potlapalli stands in front of the Old Well. Overlaid on the image in the top left corner is a graphic that reads #GDTBATH. In the bottom right corner is his name, Varun Potlapalli.
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12 Jul 2022
"We're shaped by our environment and who we are and our identity...It's the people who do research, who decide what research is done." -@ValenciaKoomson
One of the many reasons why increased diversity in #STEM research careers is important! 💯
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30 Jun 2022
This summer, Corinne Drabenstott (UNC '25, CSS 9) is learning about device fabrication at @gtmi_innovation through the REVAMP summer REU program. #summerscholars
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30 Jun 2022
In the Sulchek Lab, Corinne (a biomed eng major) is working on a microfluidic device to perform cell buffer exchange, which could potentially replace the typical centrifugation technique used for cell washing and concentration with a more streamlined method for cell mfg.
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30 Jun 2022
"We joke in the lab that device fabrication feels like arts-and-crafts, so that has been fun. I am also really enjoying spending time with the people I have met here and exploring Atlanta with them!" -Corinne, CSS 9 #excellenceispossible #summerscholars