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Carolina Stories

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

Mikayah Locklear poses sitting on the ground outside

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Committed to her roots

Ruitian Yan leans against a railing facing the camera outdoors.

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Community-based climate research

This year's class of Weiss Fellows stand on the steps of the Graduate Center

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Weiss Urban Livability Fellows

A side-by-side image showing Frank Ivy Carroll as a young man and in 2022.

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A life prioritizing education

Roy Smith and his wife pose in front of a lake alongside a portrait of Roy when he was a college student.

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A world of possibility and promise

UNC PhD student Riley Vickers stands in front of a pond at Carolina's North Forest.

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Membranes and Modeling

Bryn Barker and DJ Passey hold hands with their twin boys on a beach.

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Dissertations and Diapers

Jeliyah Clark smiling with campus in the backdrop and a blue geometric overlay.

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Multiplier Effect

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Researching the senses

Hanging posters promoting the Ackland Art Museum

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Building a Foundation

Emily Hynes puts a record on a record player in a recording studio.

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Contextualizing Music History