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Bob Lauterborn smiles while standing next to a painting by his late wife on the wall in the background

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'Absolutely perfect'

A group of faculty and students stand on the shoreline in the Galapagos with a supine seal in the foreground.

6 min read

A royal first year

Blue Sky Scholar Zoey Ainsworth poses for an outdoor portrait.

4 min read

Learning with heart

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Heat mapping for change

Students clear debris in western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene. One student stands smiling at the camera while holding a shovel.

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Mentors, mountains and a mission

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This Royster studies oysters

Meg Zomorodi smiles for a portrait in front of the Old Well.

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Supporting nursing in our rural communities

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

3 min read

Covenant Scholar’s dentistry path leads back to rural service

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

4 min read

Because of you: 2024 giving highlights

Left: Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Gene Roberts ’54; Right: An 1895 woodblock print by Kobayashi Kiyochika

4 min read

Top 10 Carolina Stories 2024

A rainbow stretches across Punta Carola Beach in San Cristobal, Galapagos.

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Royal Caribbean Gift Will Support Carolina's Galapagos Programs

Senior Rachel Geyer is researching why some corals grow more complex skeletons and how that might make them more resilient.

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Student’s research to help endangered coral