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  • Rachel Woodul standing outside.

    A public health prognosis

    Graduate student Rachel Woodul spent two years researching what might happen to hospital capacity when the next pandemic strikes. When it arrived, she compared what her model — and others’ — got wrong to improve how we react to public health crises in the future.

  • Tar Heel pitcher turns a class project into an inspirational song

    Joey Lancellotti, a Carolina senior and a pitcher on the Tar Heels baseball team, turned a class project into a song that conveys the stories of pediatric cancer survivors from UNC Children’s Hospital.

  • #GDTBATH: Aneesha Tucker

    #GDTBATH: Aneesha Tucker

    Junior Aneesha Tucker has been dedicated to serving the community while at Carolina. Those countless hours of work were recognized earlier this year when Tucker was awarded the 2021 MLK UNC Student Scholarship.

  • A collage of research work

    Creating conditions for discovery

    Initiative 4 from the University’s strategic plan addresses the importance of exploring new ideas, solving problems and filling gaps in human knowledge.

  • An Old Well in downtown Kinston, North Carolina.

    A small town’s Old Well honors a trailblazing Tar Heel

    More than 100 miles east of Chapel Hill, in Kinston, North Carolina, sits a perfectly-sized replica of the Old Well in honor of one of Carolina's first Black students.

  • Student using laptop outside.

    Ensuring student success

    As part of the Carolina Next strategic plan, the University is better preparing students to be successful in a data-driven world.

  • A hand holds a cell phone with the picture of a moon on it.

    Making science fun, virtually

    Morehead Planetarium and Science Center’s Virtual STEMville program bolsters remote science learning for K-12 students by virtually bringing experiments and scientists to children wherever they are.

  • A nurse gives a patient a COVID-19 vaccine.

    Carolina Nursing students are fighting COVID-19, one vaccine at a time

    Undergraduates from the UNC School of Nursing are assisting in North Carolina's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and gaining hands-on experience by delivering vaccines and volunteering at Carolina Together Testing Program sites on campus.