Michael Lananna
Content Producer at University of North Carolina
Storyteller. He/him. Last name rhymes with orange.
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4 weeks ago |
unc.edu | Michael Lananna
While there’s no mathematical formula to explain destiny, that’s how Carolina researcher Pedro Sáenz describes his journey from northern Spain to UNC-Chapel Hill. Sáenz grew up in La Rioja, Spain, in Viguera — a village of fewer than 400. His father was a farmer, his mother a factory worker. Neither graduated from high school. Sáenz spent his youth doing physical labor and tending to cows. “My life was about using a pitchfork and stacking hay bales and sacks of grain,” Sáenz said.
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1 month ago |
unc.edu | Michael Lananna |Joshua McCormack
Hours after the Philadelphia Eagles defeated the Kansas City Chiefs in New Orleans on Feb. 9 to win the 2025 Super Bowl, two Carolina students were roaming the field. Soaking in the moment at Caesars Superdome, Anna Laible and Maya Waid took a few pictures on the field together, then Laible scooped up a handful of confetti to bring home — a small memento from a life-changing week in New Orleans.
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2 months ago |
unc.edu | Michael Lananna
When captive loggerhead sea turtles anticipate food, they do a little dance. The turtles raise their heads out of water, open their mouths, flap their flippers and spin in circles. Not only is this “turtle dancing behavior” cute, it was also the key to unlocking a significant scientific discovery by researchers at UNC-Chapel Hill. The prestigious international science journal Nature published the study Feb. 12.
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Jan 24, 2025 |
unc.edu | Michael Lananna
How do we quickly and effectively communicate to the public during times of crisis? For Carolina assistant professor Eva Zhao, that question is central to her research in the Hussman School of Journalism and Media. Zhao focuses on computational strategic communication and how emerging technologies can be used for crisis communication — particularly to diverse cultural groups. In 2024, her research led her to a promising new solution: generative AI chatbots.
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Jan 9, 2025 |
unc.edu | Michael Lananna
Arts and Humanities Thursday, January 9th, 2025Johnny Gandelsman didn’t answer the calls from the unlisted number the first few times. When he eventually picked up, the news stunned him. The acclaimed violinist found out he was one of 22 recipients of a 2024 MacArthur Foundation $800,000 no-strings-attached fellowship, colloquially known as a “Genius Grant.”“My reaction was total shock,” Gandelsman said.
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How dancing sea turtles helped unlock a significant discovery about the Earth's magnetic field: https://t.co/nCNGbMppYd https://t.co/PityIVvBAz
me when kelce pops the question tonight https://t.co/XA6jOAAwoR
A UNC graduate student discovered the youngest transiting planet ever found. If Earth were a 50-year-old person, this planet would be a two-week-old infant. https://t.co/NofNkG3ASC
