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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

9 min read

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.

3 min read

Join the BatPack to help conserve bats

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

2 min read

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

2 min read

Shaping her future

Student working in a lab.

1 min read

A collaborative initiative

Duke Energy Gift

5 min read

Preparing the next generation of energy leaders

Gladys and David McNelis sit on a bench in the NC Botanical Garden.

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Together in living, loving and giving

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An Epic Journey, An Epic Carolina Future