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From research initiatives to student life and Tar Heel traditions, check out what’s going on at Carolina.

  • Overhead image of a person in a laboratory wearing gloves and putting water into a vial.

    Support, expertise aid NC’s opioid response

    Carolina faculty are designing safer pain relievers, providing better treatment and helping communities develop action plans.

  • Springtime white leaves on a low-hanging branch of a tree in between two buildings. The sun shines in the upper left corner.

    Helping each other through tragedy

    Find tips and advice from mental health experts on how to process traumatic events and support peers.

  • A student standing in a library with his backpack hanging over his right shoulder as he looks to his right in front of a bookcase.

    Summer activities enrich Tar Heel experience

    Abroad and at home, students and faculty made fresh discoveries, took on special projects and learned new skills.

  • A global map, with a large blue star placed over Chapel Hill, N.C., and various lines pointing to smaller blue stars spread across the world to indicate where students traveled over the summer.

    Tar Heels experience the world this summer

    Carolina’s Global Guarantee supported students in study abroad programs, internships and other international learning opportunities.

  • A student holding up a Carolina Blue sticker reading

    The Heels are home

    For 8,000-plus students, the arrival of the fall semester marks the start of their Tar Heel journeys. For thousands more, it's a return to the place they've learned to love.

  • A crowd of students walking on campus in between classes at UNC-Chapel Hill.

    Meet a new Tar Heel

    Each time a new school year arrives, the number of Tar Heels grows larger as thousands of first-years, transfers and graduate students become a part of the Carolina community.

  • Incoming UNC-Chapel Hill students participating in an orientation activity and contorting their bodies to spell the letter

    Previewing life at Carolina

    At summer orientation, members of the Class of 2027 learned what being a Tar Heel is all about and shared their excitement for what’s ahead.

  • Jasmine Baker speaks into a headset from a press box at a baseball field.

    Tar Heels at work

    Summer is a great time for Tar Heels to take lessons learned in the classroom and apply them in professional settings, picking up valuable experience for their careers ahead.