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When rising senior Taylor Doggett arrived in Chapel Hill for UNC Project Uplift, she was "ready to be a small fish in a big pond, for once." Discover how she used the program as a launchpad to experience new cultures and learning environments.

At this year's FIFA Women's World Cup, the U.S. Soccer team is looking to continue its winning tradition. It's a legacy that began when North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer coach Anson Dorrance led the team to its first World Cup championship in 1991. Listen as he recounts som...

UNC Research's Creativity Hubs award program was developed to foster cross-disciplinary research, to establish campus networks that nurture research innovation and risk-taking, and to promote a culture that drives discovery and curiosity. Meet this year's three winners and their ...

This recent discovery by researchers at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health and their colleagues at The University of Texas at Austin and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) could be a major step forward in the development of an effective vaccine for the dreaded s...

From SAT/ACT prep and academic explorations to Franklin Street tours and a culture show, UNC Project Uplift gives high school students a complete 360-degree view of life as a college student. See the difference it has made in the lives of underrepresented students for 50 years: h...

As an associate professor at the UNC School of Media and Journalism, Deen Freelon researches how social media influences political opinions. Hear what his analysis of tens of millions of tweets can tell us about how those opinions are expressed online: https://unc.live/2KWEawv