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  • Nyjah King smiling in a fluorescent vest outside

    Making an immediate impact

    Carolina junior Nyjah King is spending her summer serving the Kinston, North Carolina, community as a SECU Public Fellows Intern.

  • Portrait of Title IX Coordinator Elizabeth Hall

    Title IX turns 50

    Compliance with the federal law means fostering a “safe and equitable” educational path for everyone at Carolina, says Title IX Coordinator Elizabeth Hall.

  • Mollie Yacano holding a soil sample and surrounded by phragmites

    #GDTBATH: Mollie Yacano

    Carolina Ph.D. candidate Mollie Yacano studies an invasive species that is surprisingly effective at preventing erosion and pollution on the North Carolina coast.

  • A flooded highway on the coast of North Carolina

    King tides offer peek into coastal future

    Carolina researchers are studying these highest of high tides to predict how rising sea levels and increasingly frequent flooding will alter North Carolina’s coast.

  • Madhu Vulimiri talking as a podium

    Supporting North Carolina’s families

    Madhu Vulimiri '14 always wanted a career that allowed her to make a meaningful difference in the health of our state's communities. Throughout the pandemic, she's done just that by providing crucial resources for families as part of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.

  • Jade Neptune standing outside.

    When creative arts and political science collide

    One high school civics class changed everything for Jade Neptune, who created a nonprofit to support students’ extracurricular interests.

  • Officer Matt Dodson with K9

    Explosive detection K-9 retires after 7 years of sniffing out danger

    After seven years of keeping the UNC community safe, Kash has earned “a steak or two” in retirement, says UNC Police K-9 handler Matt Dodson.

  • Amir Barzin

    Dr. Amir Barzin answers call to service

    When the pandemic hammered the Carolina community, the Massey Award recipient and grateful alumnus dove in to help establish a frontline defense against COVID-19.