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Carolina Stories

A violinist plays in an auditorium while a person wears a cap with multiple sensors during a brain mapping performance.

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When music meets the mind

Portrait of Ariayana Harrell smiling with UNC-Chapel Hill campus in the background.

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The arc of a Covenant Scholar

Dr. Frederick Bowman Jr. sits in a lounge chair at his home in Chapel Hill.

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A lifetime of giving

Portrait of Bella Garcia against textured cream background with thin Carolina blue line.

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Actor and advocate

The 2024 UNC mens golf team holding trophies and a banner after winning the ACC championship.

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Carolina Champions: Peter Fountain

Dalili sits outside. on the steps of the Bell Tower.

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A beautiful surprise

A portrait of Kathleen DuVal, smiling, on a cream background with a blue textured circle.

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Professor wins Cundill History Prize

Portrait of Professor Blair Kelley on a Carolina blue background

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Ask a Professor: Blair Kelley on the Black working class

Sharon Lawrence stands outside PlayMakers Repertory Company.

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One-woman show spotlights Sharon Lawrence

Carolina women's soccer team members jump with glee on the soccer field.

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Because of you: 2024 giving highlights

UNC wrestler T.J. Jaworsky holding an opponent by the leg during a match.

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Carolina Champion: T.J. Jaworsky

Left: Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Gene Roberts ’54; Right: An 1895 woodblock print by Kobayashi Kiyochika

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Top 10 Carolina Stories 2024