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

  • Frank Leibfarth with his family, kicking a field goal and a dog.

    Of placekicking, polymers and pets

    Frank Leibfarth, the main speaker at Carolina’s Winter Commencement, talks about growing up in a small town, being fearless in his college football career and plastics research, his dog Roscoe and Broseidon the goldfish.

  • A dog, a family, and a person playing football

    Of placekicking, polymers and pets

    Frank Leibfarth, the main speaker at Carolina’s Winter Commencement, talks about growing up in a small town, being fearless in his college football career and plastics research, his dog Roscoe and Broseidon the goldfish.

  • Spring view of the Old Well

    Faculty marshal and family are all Carolina

    Jay Aikat, chief operating officer at RENCI and a research professor in the computer science department, led her first ceremonial procession for her son’s Class of 2020 graduation.

  • laptop screen from a Zoom meeting

    Employee bonuses to arrive in December

    As part of the new state budget, faculty and staff will soon receive one-time bonuses, with raises coming in 2022. The budget also funds important University initiatives and building repairs.

  • Ruben in a cap and gown by the Bell Tower.

    Another step forward

    Ruben Rakonczai moved to the United States from Hungary with a suitcase and his parents looking for a better life. The Tar Heel and his family will make another step forward in that journey this weekend when Rakonczai graduates from Carolina.

  • Saskia Staimpel

    Sharing Black history and culture

    Senior Saskia Staimpel has expanded her interests in Black student activism through undergraduate research and a fellowship at the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History.

  • Max Spiegel poses for a photo outside.

    Exploring the world through popular music

    Maximilian Spiegel will graduate in December and plans to pursue a career in academia based on his interdisciplinary study of popular music.

  • Taylor Williams at the Old Well.

    Graduating Tar Heel prepares to give back

    Taylor Williams spent her time in Chapel Hill studying human development and family studies at the UNC School of Education to gain the tools she needs to support students from her hometown of Warrenton, North Carolina.