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A close-up view of Stephen Eckel holding his IV dosing device

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Donor funding bridges innovation ‘valley of death’

Frank Leibfarth working in a lab.

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Supporting Carolina chemists

Christian Lentz (center) with friends in Vietnam.

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Faculty residency bolsters Southeast Asian Studies

UNC Makerspace employees taking a RYOBI training via video call.

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A greater toolkit

A doctor performs a sonograph.

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Making ultrasounds universal

Students working with computers and various devices in a lab.

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Shaping future engineers

Patients walk into the University of Zambia School of Medicine Teaching Hospital in Lusaka, Zambia.

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A new device for saving lives

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What is ‘safe’ sanitation?

Office space with a "Chapel Hill" light-up sign on the wall.

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Launching into the future

A photo of the BEAM Maker space with a group of people working on projects.

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UNC-Chapel Hill a member of KEEN

Banners reading You are Everything Carolina Performing Arts 18/19 hang from the front of Memorial Hall.

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Driving powerful change

The Shufords stand with University leadership holding up a sign for the Shuford Program in Entrepreneurship.

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Transforming Carolina entrepreneurship