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Carolina Stories

A finger skims the page of a 19th-century doctors' notes in a daybook from the Wilson Special Collections Library

5 min read

A match met, a fellowship forever

UNC baseball players run onto field and cheer

2 min read

$9 million gift knocks it out of the park for Carolina Baseball

Portrait of Olin and Marilyn Setzer Treadway smiling.

4 min read

Planned gift to University Library honors parents

Professor Flavio Frohlich faces the camera seated at a desk wearing tACS head-gear

4 min read

Top 12 Carolina Stories 2025

Dr. Frederick Bowman Jr. sits in a lounge chair at his home in Chapel Hill.

4 min read

A lifetime of giving

Carolina women's soccer team members jump with glee on the soccer field.

4 min read

Because of you: 2024 giving highlights

Portrait of Caroline Finch Ives against a geometric multi-toned blue graphic.

3 min read

Enabling researchers to follow their passion

Black and white mock up of a vintage printing machine against a blue circular backdrop.

4 min read

10-millionth volume celebrates philanthropy, illuminates printing technology

A portrait of the late Joan Gillings. Joan is leaning into the frame from the left and looking into the distance.

6 min read

A legacy of excellence, strength and opportunity

Mason Murr in front of Eiffel Tower

5 min read

Olympic gold legacy

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

6 min read

Honoring a pioneering scholar of the South

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

3 min read

‘Carolina gave me so much’