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Student-body president Christopher Everett faces the camera seated at desk with hands on the table

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Meet Student Body President Christopher Everett

Kessler Scholar Emily Shipway stands on a rooftop leaning against a railing with trees and sky in the background

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Kessler Scholar finds a family

Mikayah Locklear poses sitting on the ground outside

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Committed to her roots

Ruitian Yan leans against a railing facing the camera outdoors.

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Community-based climate research

Frank Leibfarth in lab wearing a dark blue jump suit.

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Translating discovery into solutions

Incoming first-year Taylor Elgin poses in front of a mural in her hometown, with mountains in the background.

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Excited to be Upward Bound

Portrait of Logan Amos standing outside with UNC-Chapel Hill's campus in the background

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Following in her father’s footsteps

Ilana Finley sits on a stool in front of a white cloth backdrop.

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‘Carolina gave me so much’

Candice Williams, Director of the Carolina Covenant

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Celebrating milestones

Professor Ibrahim smiling at the camera in the lobby of Gillings on U.N.C. campus.

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Biostatistics: More than just numbers

Sonny Griffith sits at a table in Wilson Library while typing on a laptop while looking at the camera.

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Following the narrative

Owen Fenton (seated) surrounded by six members of his team in the Fenton Lab

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Attracting expertise: A win for Carolina, a win for research