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Raegan Murphy smiling and working in a garden.

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The best videos of 2025

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

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Inspiring future scientists

Dr. Frederick Bowman Jr. sits in a lounge chair at his home in Chapel Hill.

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A lifetime of giving

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

Student working in a lab.

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A collaborative initiative

Duke Energy Gift

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Preparing the next generation of energy leaders