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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

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

Graduate Emma Cohn poses in front of the Well.

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A graduate's journey from Chapel Hill to New Zealand

Student working in lab.

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Teaching beyond the scope of a classroom

Siblings Elijah and Ilianamaria Brown

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Siblings guide the next generation

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

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The storytelling of art

Maggie Ambrose faces the camera with sand and sea behind her

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Making the most of Carolina’s makerspaces

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

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Honoring a pioneering scholar of the South

Craige Parking Deck with artwork that represents Carolina

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Communicating Carolina’s excellence through art

Louise Hoff taking on skateboard

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Skateboarding and public health provide a transformative journey at Carolina

Fiona Chen demonstrates how electronics work to youth in Franklinton.

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SECU Public Fellows internship brings science to Franklin County