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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. There’s nothing more beautiful, or alive, than… read more

Has Carolina hit on a workable model for community-based treatment of mental illness? read more

Seven years have passed since the gas grill fire that left Cruz Maria Santibanez ’14 a regular patient at UNC’s Jaycee Burn Center, visibly scarred and irrepressibly determined to succeed as a journalist. read more

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. read more

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.” read more

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 N.C. Children’s Hospital. More than 2,000 Carolina… read more

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. read more

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 of the student group’s… read more

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 Corps. Peace Corps Director… read more