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Rada Petric sits on a rock at a campsite with her hands resting on a hiking backpack. A white dog is in the background.

3 min read

Join the BatPack to help conserve bats

Nikin and Rashmi Shah with their three children in front of a UNC sign.

4 min read

A Family’s Legacy of Education and Curiosity

A harvest mouse perches on a branch of blackberries.

6 min read

A field guide to small animals

Four people stand along a creek, one person is pointing at the water

6 min read

Restore a watershed, protect an ecosystem

A portrait of Rick Margerison surrounded by a decorative Tar Heel blue frame that says 50 Years Board of Visitors

3 min read

Q&A with Rick Margerison

Three men in hardhats stand in a water treatment plant. The man in the middle is pointing at a piece of equipment.

1 min read

Flowing together

Rada Petric releases a bat at night - the bat is in the foreground flying toward the camera

2 min read

Ask a Professor: Rada Petric

Stephen H. Israel portrait

6 min read

$10 Million Gift Seeks to Ignite a ‘Humanities Renaissance’ at UNC-Chapel Hill

Jed Atkins in front of the Old Well

4 min read

Meet Jed Atkins, SCiLL director and dean

Ryan Phillips sits on a bench, holding a clarinet, in the rotunda of Hill Hall

1 min read

Me and the music

Jane Ellison takes her glasses off as she speaks behind a podium. The photo is framed in blue and says 50 Years, Board of Visitors

4 min read

Q&A with Jane Ellison: ‘Everyone has something to give’

Carmichael Lobby dedication

3 min read

UNC coach’s legacy cemented forever