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Carolina People

Every day, Tar Heels find ways to leave their Heel print on campus and make our community stronger.

  • a person dusting

    Carolina housekeeping staff ‘turn’ 3 million square feet of campus residences

    Starting around Commencement, Facilities Services staff work all summer so that rooms make a good impression when students return for fall semester.

  • Colleen McCann

    #GDTBATH: Colleen McCann

    Motivated to pursue medical research after seeing her grandmother's challenges with Alzheimer’s disease, Carolina senior Colleen McCann studies proteins to diminish disease.

  • Derek Brown standing outside.

    Working for a greater good

    Growing up, Derek Brown witnessed disparities caused by economic and racial barriers. Now he’s committed to finding solutions for some of America’s very real problems.

  • The Bell Tower.

    NC budget gives additional 1% raise to state employees

    Along with bumping the salary increase to 3.5%, the budget gives Carolina more than $16M for building renovations, the new data science school and boosting medical school class sizes.

  • Amy Lotis in the COVID testing lab.

    Amy Loftis takes charge and takes care

    Working around the clock, this Massey Award winner and expert lab manager used thank-you notes and chocolate to keep her COVID-19 testing lab team going.

  • Nate Dove portrait

    Carolina People: Nate Dove

    An arts communicator, he works to put Carolina’s “hidden gem” — the Ackland Art Museum — on full display.

  • Jordan Feldman wearing a Puma shirt.

    Carolina senior interns in Puma’s performance lab

    Rising senior Jordan Feldman is putting her biomedical and health sciences engineering studies to work this summer as a member of Puma's Footwear Innovation team.

  • Kaylee Burrell

    Led by her passions

    A scholarship to the Honors Carolina program and a teaching internship during her time as a master’s degree student at the School of Education helped Kaylee Burrell affirm that she was following the right path.