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A group of faculty and students stand on the shoreline in the Galapagos with a supine seal in the foreground.

6 min read

A royal first year

A rainbow stretches across Punta Carola Beach in San Cristobal, Galapagos.

4 min read

Royal Caribbean Gift Will Support Carolina's Galapagos Programs

Illustration representing the new Institute for Risk Management and Insurance Innovation, which will accelerate research on extreme weather and cybersecurity, featuring illustrations of a woman walking and icons representing markets, cybersecurity and weather

3 min read

Institute translates environmental threats into financial risks

Four people stand along a creek, one person is pointing at the water

6 min read

Restore a watershed, protect an ecosystem

A view of the Old Well framed through the doorway of South Building

3 min read

Gift establishes first endowed professorship for faculty of the new School of Civic Life and Leadership

Turtle swims in the sea.

2 min read

Collaboration for conservation

The Building Integrated Communities and Institute for the Study of the Americas team in the FedEx Global Education Center.

2 min read

Increasing inclusivity in local government

A group of Lead for North Carolina Fellows

2 min read

Cultivating community leaders

Mike Smith and Maurice Smith pose for a photo

2 min read

Supporting local communities

SECU Foundation members holding check

2 min read

Investing in local leadership

Carolina quad

4 min read

Creating a More Sustainable Campus

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What is ‘safe’ sanitation?