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Carolina Stories

Lauren Baker smiles for the camera in front of the Old Well at UNC-Chapel Hill

3 min read

‘I’ve loved every second’

Carolina Covenant Scholar Nya Smythe faces the camera with the Old Well at UNC-Chapel Hill in the background

6 min read

Cultivating community

Student-body president Christopher Everett faces the camera seated at desk with hands on the table

1 min watch

Meet Student Body President Christopher Everett

Mikayah Locklear poses sitting on the ground outside

4 min read

Committed to her roots

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

Ruitian Yan leans against a railing facing the camera outdoors.

2 min read

Community-based climate research

Frank Leibfarth in lab wearing a dark blue jump suit.

2 min read

Translating discovery into solutions

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

2 min read

An entrepreneurial spirit

Fellows from Southern Futures Undergraduate Fellows.

9 min read

Southern voices, future leaders

Sonny Griffith sits at a table in Wilson Library while typing on a laptop while looking at the camera.

3 min read

Following the narrative

Pasuth Thothaveesansuk smiles for a photo on Polk Place, with Wilson Library in the background.

2 min read

Telling a missing story

Pamela Brewington stands in front of the North Carolina Administration Building.

5 min read

No higher calling