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Kat Goodpaster in front of the FedEx Global Education Center.

4 min read

Global Heel: Kat Goodpaster

Van Weatherspoon

3 min read

Sisters Honor Late Father Through Philanthropy

A person writing a letter.

4 min read

The lost art of letters

Picture of Lauren Baker smiling

4 min read

A student’s guide to well-being

Tora Taylor-Glover sits facing the camera at a patio table outdoors.

7 min read

Care when and where you need it

Nikin and Rashmi Shah with their three children in front of a UNC sign.

4 min read

A Family’s Legacy of Education and Curiosity

A portrait of Rick Margerison surrounded by a decorative Tar Heel blue frame that says 50 Years Board of Visitors

3 min read

Q&A with Rick Margerison

Stephen H. Israel portrait

6 min read

$10 Million Gift Seeks to Ignite a ‘Humanities Renaissance’ at UNC-Chapel Hill

Ryan Phillips sits on a bench, holding a clarinet, in the rotunda of Hill Hall

1 min read

Me and the music

Jane Ellison takes her glasses off as she speaks behind a podium. The photo is framed in blue and says 50 Years, Board of Visitors

4 min read

Q&A with Jane Ellison: ‘Everyone has something to give’

Lauren Schultes poses for a photo

4 min read

A pitch-perfect career

Tom Kenan ’59 (center) with (from left) Robert Baynard, Lawrence Gray ’86, Interim Chancellor Lee Roberts and Vice Chancellor for Development Mike Andreasen.

3 min read

Carolina honors Tom Kenan for lifetime of giving and service