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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Gillings School of Global Public Health has been named one of the top 50 public universities in the US by US News & World Report.
The list, which also includes Harvard, Yale, and Stanford, is based on researchers' work in a wide range of fields, including health, the environment, and international relations.
The school's list of winners can be seen here.
A sampling of the winners: Public health: Gillings School of Global Public Health, No.
50 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, No.
50 Harvard, No.
50 Yale, No.
50 Stanford, No.
50 University of Florida, No.
50 University of Texas at Austin, No.
50 University of Virginia, No.
50 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, No.
50 University of Pennsylvania, No.
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