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Library Collection to Help Communities Own Their Stories

Louis Round Wilson Library, which was UNC’s main library until 1984, now houses several special collections, including the Southern Historical Collection. (UNC photo)

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4.25.17 | Public service, UNC’s history

Library Collection to Help Communities Own Their Stories

A new grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is enabling the Southern Historical Collection to further develop its transformative model for community-driven archives.

1.3.17 | Innovation and technology, Public service The Patients and Nature Meet, Inside the Bubble
Hordes of butterflies dance around blooming flowers to the beat of the buzzing cicadas. A firefly light show floods the spaces between trees. An unlucky ant meanders into the jaws of a Venus fly trap. read more...
3.9.16 | Carolina Alumni Review, Public service, Research Fertile Acres
Has Carolina hit on a workable model for community-based treatment of mental illness? by David E. Brown ’75 It’s Harnett’s, Moore’s and Cumberland’s 17-week birthday. But it’s not a holiday. They’re off on a business read more...
9.8.15 | Carolina Alumni Review, Alumni profiles, Public service, Young Alumni Motivated by What’s Possible
Cruz Maria Santibanez and Charles Hultman on the helipad at UNC Cruz Maria Santibanez ’14 hopes her surgeries will end soon. “That’s the problem of reconstruction,” says her plastic surgeon, Dr. Scott Hultman. “It gets read more...
9.8.15 | Carolina Alumni Review, Public service, Research Healing Wounds & Soothing Scars
UNC’s Jaycee Burn Center has thrived in part because of an imaginative approach to expanding its mission beyond the aftermath of a terrible moment. by Brian Freskos ’15 The patient’s left arm hangs at an read more...
4.28.15 | On View, Public service New Campus Theme: ‘Food for All’
Carolina will come together at a common table when it examines food and food studies as its 2015-17 academic theme. “Food for All: Local and Global Perspectives” is intended to build on Carolina’s “Water in read more...
3.24.14 | Public service, Student achievement Dance Marathon Steps It Up, Exceeds Half-Million Mark
Dance Marathon raises money. (Photo by Emily Palmer.) The UNC Dance Marathon, the largest student-run fundraiser in North Carolina, surpassed the half-million dollar mark this year, raising $551,595 to support the patients and families of read more...
2.21.12 | Public service, Student achievement Dance Marathon Pushes Half-Million Mark
The Dance Marathon, UNC’s largest student-run fundraiser, just keeps getting bigger. This year, the organizers dropped the 1,600-dancer limit, resulting in approximately 2,000 dancers participating. The event raised $483,210.36 for the N.C. Children’s Hospital, almost read more...
2.23.10 | Public service, Student achievement Dance Marathon Raises More Than $420,000 for Hospital
After 24 straight hours on their feet for the kids, the UNC Dance Marathon announced Saturday evening that it raised $421,851.32 to benefit the children and families of N.C. Children’s Hospital. The total — representative read more...
2.12.10 | Public service, University rankings Carolina Sixth in Producing Peace Corps Volunteers
UNC ranks sixth on the Peace Corps‘ Top 25 list of large schools producing Peace Corps volunteers, with 78 alumni currently serving. Since the Peace Corps’ inception, 1,092 Carolina alumni have served in the Peace read more...

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