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Carolina Stories

Portrait of Saniyya Adams in Carolina graduation robes.

2 min read

Becoming Carolina history

Varma sits in a library with a book out in front of him.

1 min watch

More than books

Abigail Rohy stands in a lab in her graduation regalia.

2 min read

Becoming a scientist

Amy Kryston sits in front of her computer, running data.

1 min read

Studying septic systems

Hooper Schultz stands on campus at UNC

2 min read

Sharing Southern stories

Burney sits in an office in front of a laptop

2 min read

Digging into history

Ana Zurita Posas, Scott Hamilton, and Kevin Guskiewicz stand chatting at the GoldenLEAF Luncheon.

3 min read

Supporting North Carolina’s rural communities

Ken Donny-Clark stands in a forest.

2 min read

Hunting for hemlocks

Kristina Hefferle wearing a headlamp and purple rain jacket crouches beside a leaf-strewn stream in a forest, searching among rocks and leaf litter for salamanders.

1 min watch

Seeking salamanders

Phone screen with social media apps and a finger selecting an app.

2 min read

Tackling crisis of teens and screens

Brenda Palacios Rodriguez stands in the foreground with arms spread wide and a huge smile on her face. The Old Well at UNC-Chapel Hill is in the background.

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$1 Billion for Scholarships at Carolina

Doctoral student Kaitlyn Morrell poses in front of a blackboard that shows physics equations.

1 min read

The Quantum Many-Body Problem