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  • A student pulls a sample of mud.

    A classroom on the Core Sound

    More than a dozen Tar Heels spent last semester on the coast taking classes and conducting real-world research on a new issue impacting the barrier islands of the Cape Lookout National Seashore.

  • Will Douthit standing on franklin street.

    #GDTBATH: Will Douthit

    When he first arrived in Chapel Hill, Will Douthit knew he wanted to make a difference. He's spent his college career doing just that with the Carolina Homelessness Prevention Initiative, which helps provide that critical assistance for Orange County residents on the verge of homelessness.

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    Carolina Across 100 connects students, community leaders

    During the five-year initiative’s first phase, student volunteers have logged more than 500 hours of “deep listening” while interviewing North Carolina community leaders about problems facing their counties.

  • Kainat Aslam

    Creating a pathway

    With help from the Carolina Covenant’s Rural Medicine Pathway Program, Kainat Aslam is now a first-year medical student fulfilling her dreams to become a doctor.

  • A family wearing masks in the airport

    How to travel safely this holiday season

    With COVID-19 vaccinations and boosters widely available, more people will be traveling to see friends and family this year. A Gillings School of Global Public Health expert offers advice for staying safe.

  • Annie Francis standing outside by a tree.

    #GDTBATH: Annie Francis

    Annie Francis, a Ph.D. candidate in the UNC School of Social Work, is working to improve outcomes for American Indian children in foster care.

  • A screenshot of the translation interface.

    The sanctity of Cherokee

    As a result of systemic oppression, there are fewer than 200 native Cherokee speakers in North Carolina. To keep the language alive and pass it to the next generation, UNC-Chapel Hill researcher and Eastern Band Cherokeean citizen Benjamin Frey has teamed up with computer scientists Mohit Bansal and Shiyue Zhang to create a new translation model and grow the literary library of works available in Cherokee.

  • Taking a seat with Carolina’s researchers

    Pull up a chair and meet a few of Carolina's graduate students who are working to improve the lives of North Carolinians.