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Topple a paradigm. Uncover the Unknown. Tar Heels ask questions, develop answers, create solutions and discover cures.

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    Well Said: Reshaping the future of journalism

    Teaching associate professor Kate Sheppard at the UNC School of Media and Journalism is working with students in the school’s Reese News Lab to rebuild journalism and reshape its future.

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    Transforming garbage into fashion

    Carolina senior Ana Soule and her team at the Phoenyx Project are giving new life to vinyl billboards that would otherwise end up in the dump.

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    For grad students, business basics can boost career

    The Graduate School is preparing students to take their ideas from the classroom to the workforce and the world.

  • Teaching professor Meredith Petschauer lectures in a classroom with no desks.

    Focusing on flexibility

    Carolina's Flexible Learning Spaces Initiative will modernize up to 50 classrooms and advance student-focused interaction.

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    Well Said: Sharing the experiences of women academics

    When assistant professor Sarah Birken wants to share ideas with the world, she doesn’t normally think of a podcast. But she launched AcaDames earlier this year to discuss the experiences of women in academia.

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    ‘A message of perseverance’

    Women from across the University — climate and data scientists, an HIV researcher, an undergraduate chemist and a doctoral student working on cancer research — share the inspiration for their careers.

  • Mike Smith stands in front of a bookshelf.

    Improving communities through good government

    The UNC School of Government is improving the lives of North Carolinians by working directly with public officials to improve government.

  • Virginie Papadopoulou stands in a lab

    Bubble breakthroughs

    Virginie Papadopoulou specializes in using ultrasound technology to study the body in extreme environments, ranging from the physiology of scuba divers to the blood flow in cancerous tumors. Her weapon of choice? Tiny bubbles.