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Zena Cardman

The Tar Heel astronaut

Carolina alumna and NASA astronaut candidate Zena Cardman is taking her research journey to space as a member of the Artemis program, which aims to land the first woman and next man on the moon by 2024.

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  • At the forefront of the pandemic

    Kizzmekia Corbett ’14 (Ph.D.) played a critical role in the country's response to COVID-19, including helping develop a vaccine. But she first got her start at Carolina.

  • A woman holding a sign.

    Taking On Discrimination

    Julian Rucker wants to motivate people to address the stark racial disparities that have characterized the history of the United States. As a UNC-Chapel Hill postdoctoral researcher, he uses social psychology to unpack why structural racism exists, how people perceive it, and why we must change policies to eliminate it from our society.

  • Unprecedented information into the origins of the universe

    Einstein did it again. Recent discoveries confirm major predictions of his and changes the way people are looking at the origins of the Universe.