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A shoulders-up portrait of Lilly Washburn.

4 min read

The best of both worlds

Carolina Cupboard Food Pantry President Kennedy Williams walks through a pantry/kitchen area.

4 min read

Carolina Cupboard is here for you

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

4 min read

Royal Caribbean Gift Will Support Carolina's Galapagos Programs

Katharine deGolian poses with the Old Well in the background.

3 min read

'A community that I'm part of and always will be'

Senior Rachel Geyer is researching why some corals grow more complex skeletons and how that might make them more resilient.

3 min read

Student’s research to help endangered coral

Man peers down at his phone in one hand while being surrounded by trees.

4 min read

Senior researches cicadas’ impact on local food web

Gregory Characklis sits at a table with one leg crossed and a map in the background.

4 min read

Ask a Professor: Gregory Characklis on risk management

Carolina and NC State mascots pose looking forward while standing in a kitchen/pantry.

6 min read

Facing off to fight student food insecurity

Katie Dixon and teammates holding trophies after winning the 2023 NCAA championship.

7 min read

Carolina Champions: Katie Dixon

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

An aerial shot of the Galapagos Science Center with a beach in the foreground

5 min read

Inaugural Kenan Galapagos Fellows launch new research

A portrait of Shirley Ort with campus scene in background.

3 min read

The Tar Heel behind the Covenant