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A look back at summer

The sun is beginning to set on summer. The Carolina campus is once again packed with students, and August is nearing its end. But Tar Heels didn't stop learning in between the spring and fall semesters.

From on-campus programs to international learning opportunities, students gained new experiences and pursued their passions during the summer. They learned more about potential career paths and got a first-hand look at how knowledge gained in the classroom translates to the real world.

Continue reading to see how Tar Heels made the most of their summers, both in Chapel Hill and across the world.

Senior Christian Sodano spent much of summer in a Carolina neuroscience lab, researching human memory. Incoming first-year student Oge Chidubem visited the School of Nursing to learn how nurses train. Doctoral student Sarah Blanton used campus as home base for writing her dissertation and conducting research on North Carolina farmworkers.

Like them, hundreds of incoming Carolina students, undergraduate students and graduate students enriched their lives through Carolina’s summer programs.

READ MORE ABOUT ON-CAMPUS SUMMER PROGRAMS

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Carolina’s study abroad programs helped students travel, conduct research and take classes around the world. The students documented organic food production in Denmark. They lived in Japan to learn the language and the culture. They worked together on an archaeological excavation in Israel. They studied neuropharmacology in Australia.

Through various programs, the students fulfilled Carolina’s Global Guarantee, the University’s promise that a global education is available to every student.

READ MORE ABOUT HOW TAR HEELS’ WORLDWIDE TRAVELS

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Tar Heels at work

Summer experiences

Summer highlights