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Support. Serve. Learn. We work to create collaborative solutions for North Carolina and the world.

  • A research stands in a creek.

    The known unknowns

    In 2016, a group of North Carolina researchers published evidence of high rates of PFAS in the Cape Fear River basin. While this unregulated family of chemicals is used in the production of everyday goods, its impact on human health is largely unknown. For the past year, scientists from UNC-Chapel Hill, five other UNC system universities, and Duke University, have researched these potentially dangerous chemicals found in drinking water sources across the state.

  • Faculty headshots

    Serving the whole child

    World-class researchers at Carolina’s School of Education work to make schools safer, healthier places for learning.

  • Travis Williams stands in front of the hospital.

    Going where the need is greatest

    Travis Williams is a medical student on a mission to bring excellent care to underserved corners of North Carolina.

  • Student dressed as Disney's Elsa talks with a little girl

    Students dress as princesses and superheroes to visit medically vulnerable kids

    Carolina students dress as their favorite animated movie characters to bring joy to children in hospitals and social service institutions.

  • Student and supervisor discuss policy documents at table

    ‘This is my home:’ student gives back to Chapel Hill

    As a Town Council intern, rising junior Daniel Bowen is making his adopted hometown of Chapel Hill a better place to live.

  • Cassidy Harding

    Protecting North Carolina’s wetlands

    Working with the Environmental Defense Fund this summer, Cassidy Harding is realizing her high school dream of becoming an environmental scientist.

  • A man pushes a wheelbarrow on a farm.

    ‘Hope grows here’

    The place at the end of the bumpy dirt road looks and sounds like many farms in rural Chatham County. But the writing carved into the wooden sign above the garden gate shows the difference at the Farm at Penny Lane: “Hope Grows Here.”

  • Two women put together furniture.

    Serving North Carolina

    Students, faculty and staff dedicate thousands of hours each year to helping our communities by performing service projects and participating in outreach programs while also making community-changing discoveries and creating a better future for all of North Carolina through research.