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Carolina Stories

Person with short auburn hand stands on the terrace of a building wearing a white collared blouse and black suit jacket.

4 min read

Ask a Professor: Maria Savasta-Kennedy on well water safety

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

4 min read

Q&A: Ebon Freeman-James

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

UNC School of Social Work Dean Ramona Denby-Brinson.

2 min read

Addressing kinship care

Ilana Shtivelman in front of the UNC Veterans Resource Center.

1 min read

Serving veterans through social work

Hortense McClinton sits in front of the residence hall named after her.

2 min read

Honoring a trailblazer

Portrait of John Spencer with his purple heart.

2 min read

Correcting the record

Jim and Frances Kerr

2 min read

Supporting civil rights work

UNC-Chapel Hill Old Well with colorful fall leaves

2 min read

Fortifying Local Economies

Sarah Hoffman portrait

4 min read

An advocate for mental health