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Carolina Stories

Dr. Michael Kretchmer and Dr. Michael Stella stand in a brightly lit atrium smiling.

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Thanking the community that’s been there all along

Portrait of David Fitzhugh with Carolina blue and navy argyle graphic.

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Meet a Bell Ringer: David Fitzhugh

A finger skims the page of a 19th-century doctors' notes in a daybook from the Wilson Special Collections Library

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A match met, a fellowship forever

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

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Donor funding bridges innovation ‘valley of death’

Portrait of Olin and Marilyn Setzer Treadway smiling.

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Planned gift to University Library honors parents

Professor Flavio Frohlich faces the camera seated at a desk wearing tACS head-gear

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Top 12 Carolina Stories 2025

UNC alumni Heath Massey (BA ’83), left, and John Mitchener (BSBA ’81).

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New eminent professorship to support melanoma research

UNC-Chapel Hill and NC State University graduation caps laying one on top of the other

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With $20M Investment, Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering Named for Ross W. Lampe Jr.

Carolina women's soccer team members jump with glee on the soccer field.

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Because of you: 2024 giving highlights

Three people smile for a picture on a golf course.

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Elmore family endows fund for mental health in western North Carolina

Portrait of Caroline Finch Ives against a geometric multi-toned blue graphic.

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Enabling researchers to follow their passion

Black and white mock up of a vintage printing machine against a blue circular backdrop.

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10-millionth volume celebrates philanthropy, illuminates printing technology