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Unbeaten college basketball teams are rare. The 1957 Tar Heels knew they were good, and Lennie Rosenbluth ’57 recalls how they got that way. read more

Bob Young ’57 made plays on Carolina’s first national championship team in men’s basketball. These days, he believes in the power of poetry. read more

Twenty years ago — or in Bob Dylan years, between the release of World Gone Wrong (1993) and Time Out of Mind (1997) — Gordon Ball ’76 (MA) got a call from the office of Allen Ginsberg. The legendary Beat poet, Ball’s… read more

Nick Mueller came to Carolina to finish preparing to teach history, earning a master’s and a doctorate. But soon afterward started a monumental journey outside the classroom — creating the National World War II Museum in New Orleans. read more

In devoting his medical career to troubled West Baltimore, Michael Zollicoffer ’85 (MD) is tilling ground broken by his father, who so much wanted to be a Tar Heel when the doors were closed and barred. read more

Danae Ringelmann ’00 quickly spotted the roadblocks in traditional finance, and she found a way to give every entrepreneur — and every bright idea — a shot at success. read more

Comfortable and happy are not the same things. Rich Vinroot ’92 developed a fondness for running toward trouble — and there he found a unique happiness. read more

Have a scientist and a fisherman hit the oyster jackpot? Read Robert Campbell’s recipe for a Chapel Hill community that’s known its troubles. Sip tea, flash freeze, order off the truck and go back to the land. read more

A nomadic adventure halfway around the world leads a family to farming and back to North Carolina. read more

A food-truck entrepreneur wins a contest — along with fans — one dumpling at a time. read more