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Nicholas Law, head of the Argus Array project, poses with a telescope beneath the Milky Way

8 min read

Watching all the stars align

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

8 min read

Donor funding bridges innovation ‘valley of death’

A conceptual rendering of the Argus Array telescope system

6 min read

Developing the world’s largest sky-survey telescope

A colorful illustration of a brain with social media icons and emojis inside it.

6 min read

Tips for parents to keep in mind when shopping for devices

Jason Mihalik, Denise Singleton and Shawn Kane pose at the inaugural Knott Family Bridging Ceremony. Denise is holding a THRIVE plaque.

4 min read

Family gift honors veterans' journey through recovery

Frank Leibfarth working in a lab.

4 min read

Supporting Carolina chemists

Pepper Dowd

4 min read

The Legacy of Pepper Dowd: 50 Years of Philanthropy

LessonPlans

3 min read

Pilot program brings West Africa to local classrooms

Veteran Matty Colon pets a horse

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Helping veterans THRIVE: Matty Colón’s story

A view of the Old Well framed through the doorway of South Building

3 min read

Gift establishes first endowed professorship for faculty of the new School of Civic Life and Leadership

Christian Lentz (center) with friends in Vietnam.

2 min read

Faculty residency bolsters Southeast Asian Studies

Members of Stacey Daughters’ lab. (Flavio Frohlich is second from left; Daughters is fifth from left.)

2 min read

Combatting opioid use disorder