As the eminent water quality scientist Hans Paerl reflects on his 40 years watching the North Carolina coast, he fears for what climate change could do to make delicate estuaries even more difficult to protect. read more
Jeff Powell ’15 liked to make things, but he was tripped up by the rigors of college. When he found the children who needed a maker, he solved both problems. read more
Jonathan Reckford ’84 stepped off the corporate path and followed his faith to the leadership of Habitat for Humanity, now a $2 billion builder that’s also an agent for change in housing policies worldwide. read more
There’s a long-standing discomfort with the notion that college students know Thoreau but not “measure twice, cut once.” Carolina is at work on that as a leader in the maker movement. read more
The only items approved to be made from the Davie Poplar are the pens, which are created by students on Hanes’ wood lathes. read more
Glenn Walters ’05 (PhD) once had no interest in being in a college classroom — behind the lectern or in front of it. read more
Of the 15 colleges Charlotte Dorn was considering, only Carolina didn’t offer the mechanical engineering degree she wanted. Then, on a campus tour, she heard something about a makerspace. read more
Katie Ziglar ’79 has always chased what lay beyond life’s boundaries. She hopes to redefine them for the Ackland. read more
Student witnesses to Carolina 2018-19 knew championship and controversy. This is how some of it looked through one lens. read more
In a new master plan for the campus, Carolina looks to keep its research enterprise in one place, plots a new science project and prepares to take down residence halls for the first time. read more