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Carolina Stories

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

9 min read

The storytelling of art

Interim Chancellor Lee Roberts in his office in South Building

1 min read

Meet Interim Chancellor Lee Roberts

Mathias Zimba stands with two mothers in front of a home in rural Zambia

3 min read

Meet Mathias Zimba, executive director of Rising Fountains

Left to right: Dr. Dana Lebo; Hilary Lithgow; Sam Rodriguez (submitted photo)

2 min read

Empowering veterans in unconventional ways

Nora Elsayed and Hunter Vaughan stand side by side with arms crossed

5 min read

Leading now and into the future

Veteran Matty Colon pets a horse

1 min watch

Helping veterans THRIVE: Matty Colón’s story

Dante Pittman stands with hand on hips with Whirligig Park in the background

3 min read

Going back to where he started

D.J. Murphy smiles outdoors.

2 min read

Leadership skills for a better tomorrow

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

3 min read

‘Carolina gave me so much’

Carolina donor Luther Hodges greets recipients of a scholarship created in his name

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Luther Hodges Scholars program launches this fall

Person smiling making coffee.

2 min read

Research leading to less loneliness

Athletes do pushups in a gym.

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Power Hour