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Every day, Tar Heels find ways to leave their Heelprint on campus and make our community stronger.

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    Well Said: Social media and adolescence

    In this week's podcast, psychology professor Mitch Prinstein and doctoral student Jackie Nesi discuss social media and its influence on adolescents.

  • David Parker stands in front of fountain.

    Parker proudly defends accessibility and inclusivity

    A few months from retirement as Carolina’s interim general counsel, David Parker looks back on his youthful “black and white” thinking with the wistfulness of a man who has spent the past 30 years navigating a world colored in shades of gray.

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    Well Said: Obesity and sugar taxes

    In this week's podcast, Carolina professor Barry M. Popkin talks about the increase of obesity in the United States and how to fight it.

  • Joseph DeSimone is given an award by Presdient Obama.

    ‘That fearless spirit of innovation’

    On May 19, Carolina professor Joseph DeSimone’s years of innovative and beneficial work in material science was honored by President Barack Obama with the National Medal of Technology and Innovation.

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    Well Said: Earthquakes

    In this week's podcast, a postdoctoral research associate in the Geology Department talks about the possible causes of earthquakes in the Southeastern United States.

  • Ashley Johnson leans against a wall.

    Engineering a better future

    Ashley Johnson’s desire to benefit society led her to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to work on rapid 3-D printing methods in the DeSimone Research Lab.

  • Shannon McKerlie stands in front of old well.

    ‘What am I going to be doing for my country?’

    The pinnacle of Shannon McKerlie’s college career will be the morning before Commencement on the steps of South Building.

  • Abd-El-Khalick talks with two men.

    ‘Education matters’

    Chancellor Carol L. Folt officially welcomed Fouad Abd-El-Khalick as the next dean of the School of Education at the Carolina Inn.