Brennan Doherty

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Articles

This Royster studies oysters

3 weeks ago | unc.edu | Brennan Doherty

As an undergraduate student at Bowdoin College, Nick Funnell took an oceanography course and visited the coast of Maine to investigate why many clams died at a farm.
Statistics skills lead to major league career

4 weeks ago | unc.edu | Brennan Doherty

Several former Tar Heels are preparing to take the field for the start of the MLB season — but they aren’t the only Carolina alums to make it to the bigs. Opening day is also approaching for Neil Pierre-Louis ’23, a software developer with the Boston Red Sox whose job combines his love for sports, analytics and computer science. As part of the team’s baseball systems staff, he creates tools and data visualizations used by executives to make thousands of baseball management decisions each year.
Tar Heels connect through Carolina College Advising Corps

1 month ago | unc.edu | Brennan Doherty

Local & State Monday, March 24th, 2025When Naima Nelson learned she was accepted into UNC-Chapel Hill, the news was exciting not only for her and her family but also for her college adviser at Lexington High School in Davidson County, about 80 miles west of Chapel Hill.
Student jobs at the Dean E. Smith Center

1 month ago | hussman.unc.edu | Brennan Doherty |Johnny Andrews

The story by Brennan Doherty ’19 and photos by Johnny Andrews were originally published at unc.edu. Thousands of Carolina students poured into the Dean E. Smith Center for the men’s basketball game against Pittsburgh last month. They showed up and did their job: loudly cheering on the Tar Heels to a dramatic 67-66 victory. But some of their peers actually reported for work. Meet four UNC-Chapel Hill students who clocked in when the Tar Heels took the court.
Meet four Tar Heels with Fulbrights

1 month ago | unc.edu | Brennan Doherty

Many Tar Heels use their expertise abroad, and some receive the opportunity to do so through the Fulbright Program, the U.S. flagship international educational exchange program available to graduating seniors, graduate students, alumni and faculty. UNC-Chapel Hill was recently named a Fulbright top producer for the 15th time in the last 16 years and has more Fulbright U.S. Students in 2024-25 than any other public university.
George Moses Horton sought freedom with poetry

1 month ago | unc.edu | Brennan Doherty

Arts and Humanities Thursday, February 27th, 2025George Moses Horton wasn’t from Chapel Hill, but the enslaved man born in the late 1790s and raised in nearby Chatham County decided it was where he needed to be. To sell his poems. To fight for his freedom. In the process, he made history. Horton, who sold love poems to UNC-Chapel Hill students, grew in popularity and developed a reputation as an ingenious poet in the 19th century.
CPALS Tar Heels befriend young cancer patients

2 months ago | unc.edu | Brennan Doherty

Around Campus Friday, February 21st, 2025Without skipping a beat, Carolina junior Lexi Brantley can recall the day her younger brother Mason found out he had cancer: April 5, 2013. At the time, the 9-year-old was understandably worried about her 5-year-old brother’s acute lymphoblastic leukemia diagnosis. He thankfully recovered after a yearslong battle at UNC Hospitals and is now a “hardheaded, typical boy” in his junior year of high school, according to his sister.
Try this one study hack: Peer Tutoring

Dec 10, 2024 | unc.edu | Brennan Doherty

Zhamia Greer, who hadn’t studied Spanish since high school, quickly realized she needed a refresher to help her master a third-level language class at Carolina this fall. Her professor suggested the Peer Tutoring program, run through the Learning Center in the College of Arts and Sciences. “I’ve been coming here ever since the beginning of the semester, twice a week,” said Greer as she waited for a one-on-one session at Dey Hall, six days before her Spanish final.
Twins team up on cancer research

Dec 2, 2024 | unc.edu | Brennan Doherty

Ryan and Brandon Mouery are used to the surprised looks. Nearly everyone they meet is shocked to learn these twins aren’t identical. “No one actually believes us when we say that,” says Ryan. “But according to the doctor, we’re not.”“One of our genetics professors in grad school still doesn’t believe it,” Brandon adds. While the Mouerys may not share the exact same DNA, the twins have followed identical paths to Carolina where they have a single purpose in their research: Find solutions to cancer.
December graduate pauses studies for hurricane relief

Nov 12, 2024 | unc.edu | Brennan Doherty

As Hurricane Helene began devastating western North Carolina, UNC-Chapel Hill senior Jessica Bowling closely monitored the group chat she’s in with other National Guard members. “OK guys, be ready for it,” someone messaged, referring to the possibility of being mobilized. Bowling has been ready. After beginning at Carolina as a first-year in 2020, she took a year and half off from school and enrolled in the National Guard. “I like the idea of serving my state,” she says.