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Carolina Stories

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

3 min read

Going back to where he started

Blue Sky Scholar Heather Norland poses in front of the Old Well

2 min read

She sees a future in optometry

Carolina Blue Sky Scholar Lamin Saidy poses with arms crossed facing the camera under a portico

2 min read

An opportunity to grow

Former Blue Sky Scholar Delancy Allred sits at the teacher's desk in a classroom

1 min read

A career launched

Carolina Cupboard Volunteers

5 min read

Tackling N.C. State on the field and hunger off the field

Lauren Baker smiles for the camera in front of the Old Well at UNC-Chapel Hill

3 min read

‘I’ve loved every second’

Carolina Covenant Scholar Nya Smythe faces the camera with the Old Well at UNC-Chapel Hill in the background

6 min read

Cultivating community

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

Portrait of Logan Amos standing outside with UNC-Chapel Hill's campus in the background

2 min read

Following in her father’s footsteps

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

3 min read

‘Carolina gave me so much’

Sonny Griffith sits at a table in Wilson Library while typing on a laptop while looking at the camera.

3 min read

Following the narrative

Pasuth Thothaveesansuk smiles for a photo on Polk Place, with Wilson Library in the background.

2 min read

Telling a missing story