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Entrepreneurship program participants smile for a photo with library shelves in the background.

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Kickstarting a Carolina Law entrepreneurship program

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For The Greater Good Of The Order

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Fred Roper: Combining his love for UNC academics and athletics into one unique gift

Alexandra Hehlen in front of white background, posing in walking motion.

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A fashionista with a flair for entrepreneurship

Newspaper clipping of Dean Smith clipping basket off of basketball rim.

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Painting a fuller portrait of the man off the court

Shawn Hingtgen smiles at a microscope.

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Hunting down brain tumors

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

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Transforming Carolina entrepreneurship

Diamonde Henderson smiling outdoors in Prague on the left, and Johnathan Robertson portrait on the right.

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Dreamers-Who-Do: Innovate Carolina program sends student entrepreneurs to Europe

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One million scans and counting

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Digitizing the lifetime record of an ‘everyday scientist’

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For the good of the order: Carolina’s first endowed deanship

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Best investment I’ve ever made