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Tom Kenan ’59 (center) with (from left) Robert Baynard, Lawrence Gray ’86, Interim Chancellor Lee Roberts and Vice Chancellor for Development Mike Andreasen.

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Carolina honors Tom Kenan for lifetime of giving and service

Illustration of three hands each holding a smartphone

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Carolina research takes the world stage

AI-generated image of Rameses wearing a red, white and blue outfit and hat, in front of a stylized American flag

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Celebrating a presidential day

Gustavo Gonzalez

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Embracing every opportunity

Student working in lab.

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Teaching beyond the scope of a classroom

Suzi Analogue stands in front of a colorful mural with a turntable in the foreground

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Good vibrations

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

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The storytelling of art

Tung Nguyễn leans against a table in a lab at the Adams School of Dentistry

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Advancing a profession

Mathias Zimba stands with two mothers in front of a home in rural Zambia

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Meet Mathias Zimba, executive director of Rising Fountains

Hayley Cartee throws sticky notes in the air during a performance of Every Brilliant Thing.

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‘Every Brilliant Thing’ uses theater to build resilience

A woman stands in front of a fence in an arid landscape

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Women building wealth and health in Zambia

Illustration of John Powell and Jacquelyn Dowd Hall from the shoulders up

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Honoring a pioneering scholar of the South