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

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Top 10 Carolina Stories 2024

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

A portrait of the late Joan Gillings. Joan is leaning into the frame from the left and looking into the distance.

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A legacy of excellence, strength and opportunity

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Ask a Professor: Katrijn Gielens talks Black Friday

Candice Williams, Director of the Carolina Covenant

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‘The Covenant’s Great Future’

A shoulders-up portrait of Kelley Traynham outdoors.

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Remembering your 'why'

Board with post-it note responses to question "What does the South mean to you?"

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Filling a major gap in oral history

Close up headshots of Susan and Ritch Allison with the western North Carolina mountains in the background.

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Why I Give: Supporting students after Helene

Ronny Bell poses facing the camera outside.

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Ask a Professor: Ronny Bell on health disparities

Ian Shih, Scott Tyler Albert, Sheng Song and Adam Hantman pose in front of an MRI machine in the Shih Lab.

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How damaged brains recover