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Portrait of Heather Wasser with a blue background.

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Applying global research to local disasters

Portrait of woman with brown hair smiling up against a two-toned blue background.

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Ask a Professor: Julia Rager on urban wildfire risks

A portrait of Kathleen DuVal, smiling, on a cream background with a blue textured circle.

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Professor wins Cundill History Prize

Barry Popkin poses for the camera, seated on a bench outdoors.

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Ask a Professor: Barry Popkin on regulating food marketing

Three men in hardhats stand in a water treatment plant. The man in the middle is pointing at a piece of equipment.

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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

Black and white mock up of a vintage printing machine against a blue circular backdrop.

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10-millionth volume celebrates philanthropy, illuminates printing technology

Ronny Bell poses facing the camera outside.

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Ask a Professor: Ronny Bell on health disparities

Ian Shih, Scott Tyler Albert, Sheng Song and Adam Hantman pose in front of an MRI machine in the Shih Lab.

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How damaged brains recover

Illustration representing the new Institute for Risk Management and Insurance Innovation, which will accelerate research on extreme weather and cybersecurity, featuring illustrations of a woman walking and icons representing markets, cybersecurity and weather

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Institute translates environmental threats into financial risks

Keith Sawyer faces the camera with fun expression and hands in the air; a blackboard with water drop motif is in the background

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Ask a Professor: Keith Sawyer