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  • Students perform Shakespeare.

    Shakespeare hits the road

    Carolina graduate student and actor Schuyler Mastain, along with six other students, took part in a pilot program that delivered bare bones, 75-minute Shakespeare productions.

  • Steve Davis sands in a lift taking photos of the Old Well

    The Old Well – in 3-D

    Carolina's Research Laboratories of Archaeology have spent days photographing every inch of the Old Well to create a virtual 3-D model of the landmark — a process that led to a new, digital museum.

  • Students use virtual reality equipment.

    360 – in 360

    Journalism students focus on virtual reality and 360-degree video, which allows viewers to rotate the screen to experience a location from all angles.

  • Students work on a computer.

    Virtual money turned real scholarships

    A study room in Pi Lambda Phi’s UNC-Chapel Hill chapter fraternity house turned into a makeshift trading floor recently when four fraternity brothers teamed to win the TD Ameritrade thinkorswim Challenge.

  • Jillian Lee Dempsey explains something to a student.

    A talent pipeline

    Dedicated mentorship and cross-disciplinary collaboration have helped create an environment at Carolina that has emerging faculty leaders thriving and receiving some of the nation’s most prestigious awards.

  • A graphic of the Old Well with

    Well Said: Risk of E-cigarettes and vaping

    In this week's podcast, the health risks of e-cigarettes are discussed.

  • Student taking photo of pottery.

    Centuries old meets high tech

    Carolina researchers and students are building a "virtual museum" of North Carolina archaeology that is scheduled to go live in 2017.

  • Ken Moore stands in the Botanical Gardens.

    Celebrating 50 years in bloom

    The North Carolina Botanical Garden's reach has grown to include a number of locations on campus including the Forest Theatre, Coker Arboretum, Battle Park and UNC herbarium located in Coker Hall.