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CIPHER is a university-wide research center with constituents from the College of Computing and Informatics, Klein College of Science, College of Engineering, College of Health and Human Services, and the College of Education. Our goals are to coalesce expertise in computer science, bioinformatics, software and information systems, biological sciences, math, geography, public health, data science, education, and communications.
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$5 million NSF grant to expand STEM pathways to UNC Charlotte for community college students
UNC Charlotte has received $2 million as part of a $5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to expand a successful regional partnership that strengthens STEM pathways for academically talented, low‑income students.
The new award builds on the earlier SPARC 4 initiative and launches SPARC 6, a five‑institution collaboration designed to improve retention, transfer and graduation rates in biology, computer science and data science. The new $5 million grant will offer scholarships to students at UNC Charlotte and four North Carolina community colleges. The latest grant brings the multiyear total to more than $9.5 million in funding to support students seeking degrees in STEM fields. Read More…
Ready or not, AI is being integrated into healthcare in NC and nationwide
In North Carolina, the AI tech has been used for everything from diagnosing lung disease to drafting messages from your doctor. In a recent edition of Charlotte Talks With Mike Collins | on NPR’s WFAE 90.7, we sit down with two experts about the latest advances in AI and medicine in North Carolina and nationwide.
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Dan Janies, professor of bioinformatics and genomics and co-director of Computational Intelligence to Predict Health and Environmental Risks (CIPHER) at UNC Charlotte
Marschall Runge, professor of internal medicine at the University of Michigan and former dean of the University of Michigan Medical School
‘Not to worry’: North Carolina health leaders say hantavirus is not COVID
Dr. Dan Janies from the CIPHER Center at UNC Charlotte , weighed in on the conversation with WBTV.
UNC Charlotte marks 1 year as an R1 Institution
Feb. 13 marked the first anniversary of UNC Charlotte becoming a Research 1 (R1) institution, which has brought many changes to the University’s research and technology operations. Read more…
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