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Window panels to a conference room with a banner that reads "PNC, Capital Markets Lab."

5 min read

More than a classroom

Pepper Dowd

4 min read

The Legacy of Pepper Dowd: 50 Years of Philanthropy

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

4 min read

Royal Caribbean Gift Will Support Carolina's Galapagos Programs

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

LessonPlans

3 min read

Pilot program brings West Africa to local classrooms

Dan Reuland

3 min read

Reuland Awarded Robert A. Ingram Distinguished Professorship

Michael Kennedy speaking at a podium

4 min read

Q&A with Michael Kennedy

Five individuals posing in front of sign reading "The Be Loud! Center for Young Adult Cancer Care."

12 min read

Be Loud! Center is elevating cancer care for young adults at UNC

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

6 min read

Restore a watershed, protect an ecosystem

Jane Ellison takes her glasses off as she speaks behind a podium. The photo is framed in blue and says 50 Years, Board of Visitors

4 min read

Q&A with Jane Ellison: ‘Everyone has something to give’

Klaus Hahn

3 min read

Hahn Awarded CZI Grant to Monitor, Manipulate Proteins Important in Nervous System Function, Neurological Disease

A view of the Old Well framed through the doorway of South Building

3 min read

Gift establishes first endowed professorship for faculty of the new School of Civic Life and Leadership