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Michol Dawson with family.

4 min read

Accelerating students' impact on global public health

Karen Jordan calling for the UNC crew team as coxswain.

3 min read

Steering toward sustainability

Lauren Schultes poses for a photo

4 min read

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.

3 min read

Carolina honors Tom Kenan for lifetime of giving and service

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

3 min read

Meet Mathias Zimba, executive director of Rising Fountains

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

2 min read

‘Every Brilliant Thing’ uses theater to build resilience

A woman stands in front of a fence in an arid landscape

1 min read

Women building wealth and health in Zambia

Nora Elsayed and Hunter Vaughan stand side by side with arms crossed

5 min read

Leading now and into the future

A portrait from the shoulders up of Maribel Carrion with The Well in the background.

2 min read

Finding a way

Carolina donor Luther Hodges greets recipients of a scholarship created in his name

2 min read

Luther Hodges Scholars program launches this fall

Luther Hodges shakes hands with a student.

2 min read

Luther Hodges Scholars

Deshpande sitting in front of a tree

6 min read

Solving supply chain challenges