Creating a pathway
With help from the Carolina Covenant’s Rural Medicine Pathway Program, Kainat Aslam is now a first-year medical student fulfilling her dreams to become a doctor.
Public Service
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How to travel safely this holiday season
With COVID-19 vaccinations and boosters widely available, more people will be traveling to see friends and family this year. A Gillings School of Global Public Health expert offers advice for staying safe.
#GDTBATH: Annie Francis
Annie Francis, a Ph.D. candidate in the UNC School of Social Work, is working to improve outcomes for American Indian children in foster care.
The sanctity of Cherokee
As a result of systemic oppression, there are fewer than 200 native Cherokee speakers in North Carolina. To keep the language alive and pass it to the next generation, UNC-Chapel Hill researcher and Eastern Band Cherokeean citizen Benjamin Frey has teamed up with computer scientists Mohit Bansal and Shiyue Zhang to create a new translation model and grow the literary library of works available in Cherokee.
Taking a seat with Carolina’s researchers
Pull up a chair and meet a few of Carolina's graduate students who are working to improve the lives of North Carolinians.
Campaign for Carolina serves veterans
Scholarships, funds to ease the transition from military to college life and even tiny homes are just a few of the ways the University supports those who have served our nation.
In hot water
Janet Nye, a Carolina marine scientist, wants to understand how warmer oceans affect fish migration to help fisheries prepare for the future.
Restoring a veteran’s honor
Students at the UNC School of Law’s Military and Veterans Law Clinic help veterans fight for upgrades or corrections in military discharges to make life-saving resources available to the former service members. For one North Carolina veteran, they restored all the honors he was owed — including his Purple Heart.