O.N. Pruitt (right) with son Lambuth (left) and Pruitt’s brother Jim. Lambuth later worked as a photographer in Jackson, Mississippi, as did Jim in nearby Starkville, circa 1925. Photo courtesy of UNC Libraries
5.13.22 | Books, Carolina Alumni Review, Alumni Profiles
Berkley Hudson ’03 (PhD) was obsessed with preserving decades-old photographs that uncovered the truth about his hometown. Now they’re part of UNC’s Southern Historical Collection. by Janine Latus This is a story of two…
Bryan Roth wants to turn psychedelic drugs into a pill to treat depression without side effects. The Feds gave him $26.9 million to see whether he can do it. by Mark Derewicz The teenage Bryan Roth in 1968 knew of a friend who dropped acid… read more
Eric Garcia ’14 thrived after accepting his autism. He wants the world to give all autistic people the same chance. read more
Jude Samulski’s 40-year gene therapy odyssey has led to beneficial treatments for kids with serious single-gene disorders. This is the story of how it happened — but almost didn’t. read more
Historian Finis Dunaway ’93 tracked one man’s efforts to save Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and learned the power of trickle-up environmentalism. read more
The quality of public debate has become the debate. The Program in Public Discourse seeks to lower the temperature and raise democratic citizenship among students. read more
Somebody forgot to tell Bob Goldstein that he couldn’t just do any old thing he wanted to. read more
“I look forward to telling the stories of the accomplishments of alumni and students and informing them of the latest news coming out of the University,”said Allan Holmes ’83, who also will be director of communications. read more
Wherever he went, Hubert Davis ’92 was the underdog. His mother, Bobbie, never let him believe it. read more
What does it take to study the deepest places on Earth? The same kind of mettle required to survive them. Tim Shank ’88 has spent a lifetime doing both. by Beth McNichol ’95 From a research vessel floating off New Zealand in May… read more