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Carolina Stories

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Ask a Professor: Katrijn Gielens talks Black Friday

Matthew Thornton looks into the distance with the Bell Tower in the background.

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A passion for math leads to a new path

A waist-up portrait of John Moody with the ocean in the background.

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Keeping Carolina a special place

Katharine deGolian poses with the Old Well in the background.

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'A community that I'm part of and always will be'

Gregory Characklis sits at a table with one leg crossed and a map in the background.

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Ask a Professor: Gregory Characklis on risk management

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

Osman in a suit smiling.

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Empowering humanity through technology

Exterior of the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health.

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Beech Award recognizes Atkinson’s use of data to confront disparities

UNC School of Data Science faculty Alex McAvoy, Santiago Olivella and Harlin Lee.

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A mathematical biologist walks up to a farmer

Michol Dawson with family.

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Accelerating students' impact on global public health

Lauren Schultes poses for a photo

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A pitch-perfect career

Graduate Emma Cohn poses in front of the Well.

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A graduate's journey from Chapel Hill to New Zealand