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Carolina People
Every day, Tar Heels find ways to leave their Heelprint on campus and make our community stronger.
Keeping high-performing teachers in the classroom
UNC School of Education professor Matthew Springer found that a key to improving struggling schools could be paying retention bonuses to teachers.
Well Said: The songs of the American South
Bill Ferris, the Joel R. Williamson eminent professor emeritus of history, never could have imagined being nominated for two Grammy Awards when he first picked up a camera at 12 years old.
Folt prepares to move on to her ‘new and next’
In her nearly six years as chancellor, Carol L. Folt launched The Blueprint for Next and the largest fundraising campaign in University history and oversaw an unprecedented rise in research at Carolina.
An origin story
Most theoretical physicists don’t see their predictions confirmed in their lifetimes, as it can take centuries to discover the physical phenomena that marks them true. But that hasn’t been the case for Laura Mersini-Houghton, who’s seen six of her predictions about the origins of the universe verified in the last decade.
Well Said: Reducing stress through mindfulness
Kessonga Giscombé, a husband, father, faculty member and student, manages the stress in his life by practicing mindfulness — and teaching it, too.
Well Said: Growing the family business
Andy Moore has childhood memories of running around his father’s restaurant causing some disruption and always trying to help. Now, this MBA student has a different role in the organization.
Building on a tradition of innovation
UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School is pioneering new ways of educating future business leaders.
The survivors
Heat-resistant. Cold-weather tough. Outer space savvy. Tardigrades are survivors above all else. But what makes them so resilient? Thomas Boothby strives to figure that out and hopes to discover how they can be used to refrigerate biological samples.