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On the left, red frosting spells out the word "muted" on speckled table; on the right, a loaf of bread is dusted with flour, making a design of a raised fist inside the female symbol

Food Fights

Food is so much more than what we eat, nourishing us beyond our bodies. This...
Priscilla Layne

Priscilla Layne

Priscilla Layne is an associate professor in the Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and...
Jieni Zhou

Jieni Zhou

Jieni Zhou is a PhD student in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience within the...
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Local Ink, Inc.

For nearly a century, the University of North Carolina Press has been shining a spotlight...

Forging a Legacy

Over its 110-year history, journalism at Carolina has evolved from a single course in the...
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The Formula for Reform

Jessica Smith is a professor within the UNC School of Government and director of the...
Research technician Katherine Sholtis completes HIV assays

Expecting the Unexpected

After Myron Cohen watched the first patient at UNC Hospitals die from AIDS in 1982...
Seth Noar

Seth Noar

Seth Noar is a professor within the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media and...
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For the Love of Language

Since 1984, over 100,000 Karen refugees have fled their homeland of Myanmar to escape civil...