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Portrait of Bella Garcia against textured cream background with thin Carolina blue line.

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Actor and advocate

Dalili sits outside. on the steps of the Bell Tower.

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A beautiful surprise

Collage of Yessenia during her travels: in front of a light house, sitting in a field and standing on a cliff.

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Yessenia Estrada-Zerhoudi is one C-STEP ahead

Tazanna Jones stands on campus of UNC-Chapel Hill wearing a hot pink dress.

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Blue Sky Scholar loves the law

Graphic that reads "20 years, Carolina Covenant" with two images of Craven on either side.

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Dr. Renatta Craven made the most of the Carolina Covenant

Lyric Locklear in front of the Old Well.

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Lumbee senior focuses on traditional ways of healing

Segovia-Chumbez wears graduation regalia while sitting on cement wall with "Adams School of Dentistry" sign on it.

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Covenant Scholar’s dentistry path leads back to rural service

A collage showing Roy Williams as he is now on the left and as a Carolina student on the right.

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Paying it forward

Sharon Lawrence stands outside PlayMakers Repertory Company.

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One-woman show spotlights Sharon Lawrence

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

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Because of you: 2024 giving highlights

Carolina students throw caps into the air with fireworks in the background during commencement at Kenan Memorial Stadium.

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Rewind: The top 12 photos of 2024

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