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A selfie of Chloe with the western North Carolina mountains in fall in the background

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Inspiring future scientists

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

A closeup of fingers holding a small fish in a clear plastic sample box

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From riverbanks to labs

Rada Petric sits on a rock at a campsite with her hands resting on a hiking backpack. A white dog is in the background.

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Join the BatPack to help conserve bats

Rada Petric releases a bat at night - the bat is in the foreground flying toward the camera

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Ask a Professor: Rada Petric

Carolina senior on a recent hike in Tennessee.

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Backpacking for bats

Kristina Hefferle wearing a headlamp and purple rain jacket crouches beside a leaf-strewn stream in a forest, searching among rocks and leaf litter for salamanders.

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Seeking salamanders

Cassidy Harding smiling

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Shaping her future

Person sitting in a chair, working on laptop in the Launch Chapel Hill space.

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Launching local innovation

Student working in a lab.

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A collaborative initiative

Office space with a "Chapel Hill" light-up sign on the wall.

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Launching into the future

Woman stands at head of table presenting to a large group of students.

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Startup funds for Carolina students