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Scans, sketches and skeletons

Two sets of bones from a large animal sit on a table – moose pelvis, apparently. A large and exquisitely detailed drawing of a turtle’s …
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Adapting, exploring and finding belonging

On Friday mornings, a small group of friends often can be found chatting as they sit on couches tucked along a window-lined wall in the …
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‘Catalyst for the transformation’

Having traveled to Brazil countless times, Joseph Hiatt has always wanted to reach out to the Brazilian people and lend a hand. This spring, UNC Kenan-Flagler …
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Pursuing other dreams

It wouldn’t be hard to blame Sue Walsh for watching something else when the summer Olympic games come along every four years. In 1980, the …
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Well Said: The intersection of politics and the Olympics

The Olympic Games may have been founded to serve as a political-free zone to foster peace, but it hasn't always worked out that way. As …
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Seventeen Tar Heels representing four countries in Rio

Beginning in August, the rest of the sports world will stop for nearly a month as more than 10,000 athletes from the around the world …
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Campus Updates

Nilda Peragallo Montano named new dean of School of Nursing

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill today announced that Nilda (Nena) Peragallo Montano has been selected as the new dean of its nationally …

UNC among nation’s top-ranked cancer hospitals, first in North Carolina

U.S. News & World Report has cited UNC Hospitals’ N.C. Cancer Hospital as one of the nation’s highest-ranked cancer hospitals and the top cancer hospital …