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Portrait of Robert Laidlaw against a backdrop image of the Old Well.

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A lifetime of giving back

Four dramatic art students stand on a subway staircase with Broadway posters in the background.

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Bring Broadway to Carolina

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

Charles Hands and two Covenant students sit at a table laughing.

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A passion for helping others

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

Pamela Brewington stands in front of the North Carolina Administration Building.

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No higher calling

A thumbnail for a video, featuring an bird eye view of a town with a blue bar saying, "A New Beginning."

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Kannapolis, revitalized

Dante Pittman poses outside with hands on hips and whirligigs in the background.

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Strengthening North Carolina’s local governments

Jim and Frances Kerr

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Supporting civil rights work

Sarah Hoffman portrait

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An advocate for mental health

Law School alumnus Douglas Freedle stands with his collection of Harley Davidson motorcycles.

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Recruiting Rural Law Students

Seth Shelden leans against a statue in front of a large building.

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Humanity is why we do it