Carolina KickStart of the NC TraCS Institute, the Office of Technology Development, RENCI, Innovate@Carolina, The Blackstone Entrepreneurs Network and Kenan-Flagler Business School present the 2012 Emerging Company Showcase. The Emerging Company Showcase highlights early-stage companies spinning out of UNC. This year we are featuring two concurrent tracks, Scientific and Tech, which will include IT/Gaming, life [...]

  Registration is now open for the 2007 Microsoft eScience Workshop, hosted by the Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI). This free workshop will be held Oct. 21-23 at the University of North Carolina’s Friday Center for Continuing Education. To register, go to http://www.mses07.net.

On September 29, the William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education in partnership with the Carolina Performing Arts Series and the Carolina Inn, will host UNC-Chapel Hill’s inaugural Performing Arts Symposium.

What will it mean to be human in 2050? Environmentalists speculate that by then, the climate in central North Carolina may feel like Central Florida today. A better understanding of genetics could lead to cures for deadly diseases and new technologies could put sensors in our bodies to monitor vital signs and administer personalized doses [...]