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Portrait of David Fitzhugh with Carolina blue and navy argyle graphic.

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Meet a Bell Ringer: David Fitzhugh

Five ACRED members stand behind a table.

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Alumni Q&A with Oliver Pau

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

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Donor funding bridges innovation ‘valley of death’

Professor Flavio Frohlich faces the camera seated at a desk wearing tACS head-gear

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Top 12 Carolina Stories 2025

UNC alumni Heath Massey (BA ’83), left, and John Mitchener (BSBA ’81).

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New eminent professorship to support melanoma research

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

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A lifetime of giving

UNC-Chapel Hill and NC State University graduation caps laying one on top of the other

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With $20M Investment, Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering Named for Ross W. Lampe Jr.

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

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Because of you: 2024 giving highlights

Three people smile for a picture on a golf course.

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Elmore family endows fund for mental health in western North Carolina

A portrait of the late Joan Gillings. Joan is leaning into the frame from the left and looking into the distance.

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A legacy of excellence, strength and opportunity

Shelley Belk and Van Eure smiling in front of the Angus Barn restaurant.

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Forty years of hope

Michol Dawson with family.

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Accelerating students' impact on global public health