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Carolina Stories

(Left to right) Kate Golson and Fareeda Akewusola pose together courtside at a Carolina basketball game in the Dean E. Smith Center.

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Attracting exceptional students

Bryanna Ledbetter stands in front of the British Museum.

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'The highlight of my college career'

Wynn Burrus sits on the quad on a sunny day in front of Wilson Library.

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Selfless leadership

Charlotte Dorn stands on the coast wearing a U.N.C. hat.

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Entrepreneurial engineering

Portrait of Saniyya Adams in Carolina graduation robes.

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Becoming Carolina history

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

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More than books

Abigail Rohy stands in a lab in her graduation regalia.

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Becoming a scientist

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

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Supporting North Carolina’s rural communities

Ken Donny-Clark stands in a forest.

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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.

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Seeking salamanders

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

Junior Brenda Palacios Rodriguez poses for a portrait in the Coker Arboretum.

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Supporting Middle-Income Families