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  • Jen Drake smiling on a wooden bench.

    Carolina People: Jen Drake

    “If I can do anything to help simplify, streamline or remove barriers to help students achieve their dreams … I’m here for that.”

  • Edible Campus Garden outside Lenoir Dining Hall

    Reconnecting Tar Heels with their food

    While fruits, vegetables and herbs are plentiful in Edible Campus UNC's multiple on-campus gardens, the organization does more than just grow vegetables. Through education and community outreach, the group is striving to reconnect people with their food.

  • Jim Ketch

    Something magical happened

    As Carolina’s music department and alumni of the jazz program gather this weekend to honor longtime faculty member Jim Ketch, The Well shares a story about Ketch published in May 2020 as he neared retirement.

  • Melissa Miller and Katie Bowler Young

    2 University employees win Governor’s Awards for Excellence

    Melissa Miller from the School of Medicine and UNC Global’s Katie Bowler Young are the first winners from Carolina since 2015.

  • Sara Torzone and Ishan Khosla standing next to a golf cart.

    An ambulance in a golf cart

    In partnership with University and local organizations, the student-run UNC Campus EMS provides emergency medical services to the campus community from 7 p.m. to 3 a.m. on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays.

  • Map of North Carolina with ticks, bugs and mosquitos overlayed.

    Battling blood-suckers with data

    With North Carolina at the epicenter of tick- and mosquito-borne illnesses, Dr. Ross Boyce is gathering data from a variety of sources to battle these sometimes fatal diseases.

  • Tessa Davis and Liz Farquhar measure water levels

    Perseverance in the páramo

    This summer, UNC-Chapel Hill research technicians Liz Farquhar and Tessa Davis traveled to the Andes Mountains in Ecuador for a project in the páramo, a beautiful but challenging ecosystem. While the high altitude and unpredictable weather took time to adjust to, they discovered that the resilience they gained during the pandemic aided them in all the obstacles they faced.

  • Luisa Peñaflor sitting in a chair.

    #GDTBATH: Luisa Peñaflor

    First-year student Luisa Peñaflor has a knack for writing that has already earned her the Thomas Wolfe Scholarship, but at Carolina, she's diving into coursework that is helping take her talents to the next level.