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Person stands at a group of table with two others.

3 min read

Carolina alum brings art and business together

A close-up view of Stephen Eckel holding his IV dosing device

8 min read

Donor funding bridges innovation ‘valley of death’

Man in blue suit speaking into a microphone on stage with blue curtains behind him.

5 min read

Leading with gratitude

Frank Leibfarth working in a lab.

4 min read

Supporting Carolina chemists

Keith Sawyer faces the camera with fun expression and hands in the air; a blackboard with water drop motif is in the background

4 min read

Ask a Professor: Keith Sawyer

Joe Spencer holds a certificate for a perfect sanitation rating beside his hot dog stand.

4 min read

Blue skies, red dogs and all the toppings

Drew Stockton instructs a yoga class

11 min read

A journey to gratitude

Andres Valdiri gives a presentation wearing a suit and tie shown from the waist up

2 min read

An entrepreneurial spirit

Charlotte Dorn stands on the coast wearing a U.N.C. hat.

2 min read

Entrepreneurial engineering

Jinsong Huang and Ying Zhou work on the computer.

2 min read

Safe, cost-effective imaging

UNC Makerspace employees taking a RYOBI training via video call.

2 min read

A greater toolkit

A student uses a 3D printer.

2 min read

BeAMing up to the cloud