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Carolina Stories

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Ask a Professor: Katrijn Gielens talks Black Friday

Close up headshots of Susan and Ritch Allison with the western North Carolina mountains in the background.

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Why I Give: Supporting students after Helene

A waist-up portrait of John Moody with the ocean in the background.

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Keeping Carolina a special place

Five people take a selfie outdoors under a patio umbrella at night.

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Q&A: Ebon Freeman-James

Katharine deGolian poses with the Old Well in the background.

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'A community that I'm part of and always will be'

An aerial shot of the Galapagos Science Center with a beach in the foreground

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Inaugural Kenan Galapagos Fellows launch new research

Michol Dawson with family.

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Accelerating students' impact on global public health

Karen Jordan calling for the UNC crew team as coxswain.

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Steering toward sustainability

Lauren Schultes poses for a photo

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A pitch-perfect career

Tom Kenan ’59 (center) with (from left) Robert Baynard, Lawrence Gray ’86, Interim Chancellor Lee Roberts and Vice Chancellor for Development Mike Andreasen.

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Carolina honors Tom Kenan for lifetime of giving and service

Mathias Zimba stands with two mothers in front of a home in rural Zambia

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Meet Mathias Zimba, executive director of Rising Fountains

Hayley Cartee throws sticky notes in the air during a performance of Every Brilliant Thing.

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‘Every Brilliant Thing’ uses theater to build resilience