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Carolina’s libraries connect a dad and daughter

Alt text: Rhiannon Giddens (Photo by Ebru Yildiz)

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Advocacy, connection and joy: highlights from Rhiannon Giddens

Giddens and Justin Robinson host a jam session outside of Wilson Library.

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Up close with Rhiannon Giddens

A person writing a letter.

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The lost art of letters

Stephen H. Israel portrait

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$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

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Me and the music

Lauren Schultes poses for a photo

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A pitch-perfect career

Suzi Analogue stands in front of a colorful mural with a turntable in the foreground

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Good vibrations

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

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The storytelling of art

Hayley Cartee throws sticky notes in the air during a performance of Every Brilliant Thing.

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‘Every Brilliant Thing’ uses theater to build resilience

Illustration of John Powell and Jacquelyn Dowd Hall from the shoulders up

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Honoring a pioneering scholar of the South

Sepia-toned portrait of Dr. Kimball King speaking at a conference.

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Life-changing lessons from a beloved professor