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A selfie of Chloe with the western North Carolina mountains in fall in the background

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Inspiring future scientists

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

A person writing a letter.

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The lost art of letters

Karen Jordan calling for the UNC crew team as coxswain.

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Steering toward sustainability

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

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Entrepreneurial engineering

Morehead-Cain scholar Sarah Mackenzie sits atop a camel in Petra, Jordan.

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Saying 'Yes' To Opportunities

Terry Long holds up a petri dish containing small green plants.

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Farm to lab

Chandler Simpson sits on the floor of a room that has sustainable fashion messaging painted on the walls and is looking at a mannequin that is wrapped up in red ribbons with her face marked out with red paint.

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The fashion of sustainability

Malik Jabati smiles in front of the Old Well.

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Finding an intellectually stimulating environment

Gladys and David McNelis sit on a bench in the NC Botanical Garden.

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Together in living, loving and giving

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An Epic Journey, An Epic Carolina Future

Larry Han smiles seated in front of a large arched window.

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Giving rise to greatness