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  • Man clapping at the Senior Prom.

    Senior prom – with a twist

    It was an energetic night for seniors - senior citizens that is - who danced to everything from big band music to rock and roll hits.

  • Old Well with fall leaves in the background

    A week of Tar Heel service

    Here are some of the ways people gave back during the 2016 Tar Heel Day of Service.

  • Volunteers adhesive to floor joints.

    Building on history

    Heels for Homes seeks to build as many as 10 homes and complete repairs to 25 existing homes in Northside, the largest African-American community in Chapel Hill.

  • Fire Chief Matt Sullivan running up stairs.

    ‘A poignant reminder’

    The Chapel Hill police chief and fire chief joined Chancellor Carol L. Folt and more than 150 participants from the Carolina community at the annual Stairs to Remember run, honoring the sacrifices made and risks taken by the first responders on 9/11.

  • Aerial shot of rural North Carolina

    Hometown hero innovates to revive rural NC town

    The economic outlook for the town of Robbins was pretty bleak – until Steven Bean, a Carolina grad, stepped in.

  • Ronda Taylor Bullock teaches a class of students.

    Led to do more

    UNC-Chapel Hill Ph.D candidate Ronda Taylor Bullock created an organization that is addressing systemic and ideological racism with the hope of providing anti-racist education.

  • Refugees smile at each other.

    A sheltering place for refugees

    The Triangle area has provided shelter to 8,000 refugees from Myanmar (formerly called Burma) over the last decade as a resettlement area selected by church organizations.

  • Dr. Rick Leuttich, director of the UNC Center for Natural Hazards and Disasters, sits at his computer to use modeling to predict storm surge from hurricanes and the areas affected

    Well Said: Hurricanes and storm surges

    In this week's podcast, Rick Luettich, director of the UNC Institute of Marine Sciences, discusses hurricanes and the damaging storm surges.