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  • Students volunteering with Habitat for Humanity.

    Carolina, Duke put rivalry to good cause

    A group of Duke and Carolina students are hoping to tap into the competitiveness to provide affordable housing for local families.

  • Mark Riddle tells a story to elementary school students.

    A squad of storytellers

    Each week, associate professor Brian Sturm and his group of students from the Carolina School of Information and Library Science bring the traditional art of oral folktale story telling to a local elementary school.

  • Nurse examines a patient.

    Delivering care where it’s needed most

    Inspired by a conversation at her church, Professor Marianne Cockroft spearheaded the creation of a School of Nursing mobile health care clinic, which sets up shop each week outside ministries in Cary and in Apex.

  • Children cook in the kitchen.

    Building confidence starts in the kitchen

    The Communiversity Youth Program is a low-cost afterschool program sponsored by Carolina's Sonja Haynes Stone Center.

  • Middle school students walk by the Old Well.

    First Look, first inspiration

    Through First Look — a first-of-its kind program launched by Carolina’s Visitors’ Center in 2008 — middle school students are receiving an early glimpse of college life.

  • Inspiring young minds

    The 2015 Tar Heel Preview Day, in its second year, was created to introduce male students from diverse backgrounds to the opportunities that await them in college.

  • Carol Vanderzwaag talks with patient

    Psychiatrists making house calls

    Carol VanderZwaag, a psychiatrist on the UNC Assertive Community Treatment team and medical director for community services, helps clients battling serious mental health conditions including psychosis, schizophrenia and bi-polar disorder.

  • Volunteering to honor a legacy

    More than 350 students from the UNC School of Dentistry spent the day digging, building or cleaning to assist 22 local organizations, all in memory of a former student.