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Support. Serve. Learn. We work to create collaborative solutions for North Carolina and the world.

  • Brian O'Donnell walks down the library stacks.

    Creating PATHSS to success

    In a unique partnership between Carolina and the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, PATHSS is designed to help high school students with intellectual and developmental disabilities prepare for life after high school.

  • People sit on couch.

    Northside’s future takes shape

    Carolina faculty members and students are an integral part to renew and build community in Northside, an historically black neighborhood near downtown Chapel Hill.

  • 3-D printed hand.

    A helping hand

    The Helping Hand Project uses 3-D printing to make prosthetic devices for children and adolescents born without fingers.

  • People look at the stars.

    Skywatching

    For decades, Morehead educators have left the perfect visibility of the planetarium to bring their telescopes outside to help skywatchers really connect with the stars.

  • A middle school students stands in he dark surrounded by square lights.

    Exploring a new discipline

    In its inaugural year, National Biomechanics Day featured more than 60 sites throughout the country showcasing the discipline to middle and high school students.

  • Woman dancing.

    The real reason behind Dance Marathon

    In its 18th year, the annual event has helped raise nearly $5 million dollars to assist North Carolina families while their children battle illnesses.

  • Jock Lauterer talks with high school students.

    A VOICE for Durham’s youth

    Each issue of the VOICE combines the effort of teens in the Durham neighborhood, journalism students and newspaper staffers at NC Central and the community journalism class taught at Carolina.

  • Woman using power saw.

    An alternative spring break

    Hundreds of Carolina students used their spring break to help needy communities within the state, throughout the nation and around the world.