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Blue Sky Scholar Zoey Ainsworth poses for an outdoor portrait.

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Learning with heart

Shaun Anderson stands in the foreground with the Dean E. Smith Center in the background.

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Ask a Professor: Shaun Anderson on NIL and student-athletes’ growing support for social causes

UNC alumni Heath Massey (BA ’83), left, and John Mitchener (BSBA ’81).

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New eminent professorship to support melanoma research

Black and white portrait of Nabarun Dasgupta.

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The objective? Save lives.

Students clear debris in western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene. One student stands smiling at the camera while holding a shovel.

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Mentors, mountains and a mission

Nathan Townsend stands on a professional baseball field on a sunny day.

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Intern shares analytics model with Japanese baseball team

Jeffrey Stringer sits in a chair and smiles facing the camera with ultrasound images patterned on the wall behind him.

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AI innovation in obstetrics

Kara Hume smiles and faces the camera while posing in a gym. Each hand grips an exercise ring hanging down.

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Ask a Professor: Kara Hume on fitness for all

Meg Zomorodi smiles for a portrait in front of the Old Well.

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Supporting nursing in our rural communities

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

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A lifetime of giving

The 2024 UNC mens golf team holding trophies and a banner after winning the ACC championship.

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Carolina Champions: Peter Fountain

Maribel Borger and other members of the Rural Medicine Pathway Program stand outside of the home they helped remove debris from.

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Aligned with the mission