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  • Graduates in Carolina blue caps and gowns stand in rows, holding diplomas, during the commencement ceremony.

    A legacy continues

    Over 1,400 Tar Heels received their degrees Dec. 14 at the Dean E. Smith Center during the University’s Winter Commencement. See scenes from a day marking these students joining the legacy of Tar Heels, as friends and family cheered their accomplishments. (Photos by Jon Gardiner, University Communications)

  • Close-up image of hands holding an iPhone to take a photo of a UNC-Chapel Hill graduate in Carolina Blue regalia posing in front of the Old Well.

    Capturing Carolina 📸

    Each day on the beautiful UNC-Chapel Hill campus, there are countless examples of Tar Heels learning, playing, researching, teaching and engaging with one another. See the photographs that capture what makes Carolina special.

  • A student holds a lambs while another students pets that lambs head.

    Cute study break

    Students took a break from studying for finals at the Health Sciences Library and visited with a pair of adorable baby lambs from Old Mill Farm in Durham.

    University Libraries brought the cute two-weeks-old visitors to campus as part of Week of Balance, which provides support for students as the semester closes.

    Kylee Harris, lamb handler and general manager of the farm, said that both are katahdin sheep, a breed that grows more of a hair texture instead of wool and that they will shed naturally over the years. This is the first year that Old Mill Farm has brought lambs to campus, having brought baby goats to a therapy session for students in the past.

    (Photos by Johnny Andrews/UNC-Chapel Hill)

  • A man wearing a Mickey Mouse Christmas shirt, an elf hat, Christmas tree pajama pants and a Christmas cape high-fiving a man during the UNC-Chapel Hill Jingle Bell Jog.

    Bringing holiday cheer to a gloomy day

    Despite gloomy weather and temperatures in the mid 30s, Carolina employees came together with colleagues and got steps in around campus for a good cause while spreading holiday spirit. The Jingle Bell Jog, an annual tradition for UNC-Chapel Hill faculty and staff, returned Dec. 5, with Tar Heels becoming Santas, elves and reindeer. Attendees also had the opportunity to make canned-food donations to the Carolina Cupboard and support the Orange County Animal Shelter. (Photos by Jon Gardiner/UNC-Chapel Hill)

  • An aerial view of the Bell Tower and U.N.C. Chapel Hill's campus in the fall. The trees have orange and yellow leaves.

    Fall colors Carolina

    See campus decked out in its best fall colors in these photos and video from the 2025 fall semester.

  • UNC-Chapel Hill ROTC members marching and carrying the American and state of North Carolina flags at the grand opening of the Military and Veteran Student Success Center.

    Celebrating the MVSS

    Carolina held a grand opening ceremony Nov. 13 for the new location of the rebranded Military and Veteran Student Success Center. Now located on the first floor of Student and Academic Services Building South, the MVSS offers resources to military-connected Tar Heels and gives them a space to gather. The event featured remarks from Jocelyn Mitnaul Mallette ’14 (JD), an Air Force veteran and secretary at the North Carolina Department of Military and Veterans Affairs; student Roslyn Ward; MVSS program director Rob Palermo; Dean of Students Desirée Rieckenberg; and Chancellor Lee H. Roberts.

    (Photos by Jon Gardiner/UNC-Chapel Hill)

  • The Old Well on the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill on a sunny fall day. In the background are trees with varying shades of leaves.

    Fall colors Carolina

    Autumn has UNC-Chapel Hill’s beautiful campus full of fall colors.

    Check out scenes around Carolina captured by University photographers Johnny Andrews and Jon Gardiner.

  • Roy Dawson stands in a courtroom in Kinston, North Carolina, where he serves as an attorney.

    Carolina alum gives back to eastern NC

    When Roy Dawson ’11 ’14 (JD) dropped out of high school to support his family, he never imagined he’d graduate from UNC-Chapel Hill twice — and serve his community as an attorney in Kinston.