Carolina alumna builds community for grad students
Yesenia Pedro Vicente came to Carolina for her undergrad as a "first-generation everything." Now, she has returned to the University to help underrepresented graduate students navigate obstacles.
Carolina People
Every day, Tar Heels find ways to leave their Heel print on campus and make our community stronger.
Finding her field
Autumn Tucker, a senior majoring in neuroscience, talks about working in the Leon Coleman Lab and how that has shaped her education and growth as a researcher.
Crisis brings you closer
After a year as Carolina’s vice chancellor for student affairs, Amy Johnson said the highs outnumbered the lows.
#GDTBATH: Nihar Vaidya
Carolina junior Nihar Vaidya is combining his majors of computer science and statistics and analytics to predict when patients may encounter seizures caused by epilepsy.
More fresh faces: new faculty in Carolina’s schools
Meet six new faculty members who joined the University’s academic and health affairs schools this summer.
Carolina People: Nina Walker
There’s so much involved in creating what you see on game days, says men’s lacrosse athletic trainer Nina Walker. “There’s a team behind the team. We typically work very long hours, and nobody really knows we’re there.”
Always on call
Sports Medicine Director Dr. Mario Ciocca, a 2021 Massey Award winner, helped keep student-athletes healthy, safe and competitive during the pandemic.
How to deal with the pandemic’s avalanche of uncertainty
The human drive to avoid uncertainty is an evolutionary gift, but a constant state of fight or flight can hurt us, says Carolina psychologist and anxiety expert Jon Abramowitz.