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

4 min read

Inspiring future scientists

Raegan Murphy smiling and working in a garden.

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Growing, growing until it's gone

Students clear debris in western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene. One student stands smiling at the camera while holding a shovel.

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Mentors, mountains and a mission

Left: Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Gene Roberts ’54; Right: An 1895 woodblock print by Kobayashi Kiyochika

4 min read

Top 10 Carolina Stories 2024

A closeup of fingers holding a small fish in a clear plastic sample box

9 min read

From riverbanks to labs

Karen Jordan calling for the UNC crew team as coxswain.

3 min read

Steering toward sustainability

Four people stand along a creek, one person is pointing at the water

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Restore a watershed, protect an ecosystem

Carolina senior on a recent hike in Tennessee.

2 min read

Backpacking for bats

Ken Donny-Clark stands in a forest.

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Hunting for hemlocks

Kristina Hefferle wearing a headlamp and purple rain jacket crouches beside a leaf-strewn stream in a forest, searching among rocks and leaf litter for salamanders.

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Seeking salamanders

A field mouse in a blue gloved hand.

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Measuring mitigation

Daniel Bowen (right) meets with Ross Tompkins, assistant to the town manager, to discuss Chapel Hill's sustainability initiative.

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Giving back to the community