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Frank and Ellen Proctor standing on the steps of the Pit.

5 min read

Reimagining the Pit

Portrait of Robert Laidlaw against a backdrop image of the Old Well.

4 min read

A lifetime of giving back

Group of SPARK participants at the fall retreat.

4 min read

Fueling confidence and courage through SPARK

Brandy Barnes, Chris Barnes and their daughter Summer Barnes smile for a selfie.

4 min read

Carolina program sparks generosity

UNC alumni Heath Massey (BA ’83), left, and John Mitchener (BSBA ’81).

4 min read

New eminent professorship to support melanoma research

Aerial view of UNC-Chapel Hill campus at night.

8 min read

Zietlow Fellows foster community

Person in military uniform kneels down in field to handle drone equipment.

3 min read

Military grad student up for promotion

Jack Austin smiles for the camera wearing a button-down top and suit jacket in the atrium of a building.

6 min read

Another mission accomplished

4 min read

This Royster studies oysters

Two smiling Carolina Covenant Scholars with a blue Carolina Covenant sign in the background and a video play button in the bottom right-hand corner.

1 min watch

The Carolina Covenant: Then, now and forever

Four dramatic art students stand on a subway staircase with Broadway posters in the background.

6 min read

Bring Broadway to Carolina

Carolina students and Aubrey Snowden, assistant teaching professor in the Department of Dramatic Art, pointing at a sign for 'The Making of a Broadway Show' exhibit while visiting New York City

4 min read

Broadway Comes to UNC-Chapel Hill: $2 Million Gift Enhances Undergraduate Experience in Dramatic Art