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Portrait of person wearing suit and tie against a blue and white argyle backdrop.

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Ask a Professor: Jason Surratt on potential air pollution from harmful algal blooms

Angelica in cap and gown

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Inspired by Harvey Beech, a Carolina MPA grad leads with courage

Portrait of David Ardia with a Carolina blue and navy argyle graphic

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Ask a Professor: David Ardia on balancing innovation and regulation

Richard Saver poses for the camera with the law school building in the background

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Ask a Professor: Richard Saver on neural implants' intangible risks

Kurt Ribisl smiles, facing the camera, with left hand on hip and the Gillings School of Global Public Health lobby blurred in the background.

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Ask a Professor: Kurt M. Ribisl on big vape’s paper trail

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

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A royal first year

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Heat mapping for change

Portrait of Robert Laidlaw against a backdrop image of the Old Well.

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A lifetime of giving back

A selfie of Chloe with the western North Carolina mountains in fall in the background

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Inspiring future scientists

Person with short auburn hand stands on the terrace of a building wearing a white collared blouse and black suit jacket.

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Ask a Professor: Maria Savasta-Kennedy on well water safety

Two hands wearing gardening gloves push down on dirt surrounding a small plant.

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Gardens ‘for students by students’

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This Royster studies oysters