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  1. UNC Magazine |

    Magazine Feature

    Bears Linked Through Letters

    November 9, 2025

    UNC Geography Professor Karen Barton discovered the heartwarming impact of nearly 200 letters written 17 years ago by her former students

    UNC letters stacked in a pile next to a composition notebook
  2. UNC Magazine |

    Magazine Feature

    Hitting the High Notes

    November 9, 2025

    UNC’s jazz program dazzles over the decades

    Dana Landry smiling into a crowd
  3. UNC Magazine |

    Magazine Feature

    How A King Earned His Crown

    November 9, 2025

    For over 40 years, Dave King, ’81, M.A. ’82, owned and operated Triple Crown Sports, turning a spur-of-the-moment idea into a multimillion-dollar business that has organized thousands of competitive sports tournaments nationally and internationally

    Dave King sitting in a chair surrounded by baseball gloves
  4. UNC Magazine |

    Magazine Feature

    Mesopotamia’s Lost City – Uncovering the Unseen

    November 9, 2025

    Andy Creekmore, professor of Anthropology, has spent the past decade in northern Iraq mapping out the underground ruins of a hidden Bronze Age city, contributing to the historical tapestry of one of humanity’s most influential civilizations

    Andy Creekmore looking at the camera in a field
  5. UNC Magazine |

    Magazine Feature, Español

    Being First Is Something to Celebrate

    April 28, 2025

    First-generation students share stories of resilience and exploration when it comes to tackling college life

    Español

    Two students posing and smiling for the camera, with the UNC magazine logo in the upper left corner of the picture.
  6. UNC Magazine |

    Magazine Feature

    Breaking New Ground

    November 13, 2024

    The logistics of creating UNC’s proposed College of Osteopathic Medicine (COM) are falling into place, thanks to the tremendous efforts of university leadership, donors and supporters

    A rendering of the College of Osteopathic Medicine building
  7. November 13, 2024

    Steve Mackessy's work at UNC not only contributes to our understanding of venomous creatures but also holds the promise of saving lives through innovative drug discoveries

    Steve Mackessy holding a Gila Monster
  8. November 13, 2024

    From wearing blue and gold as a UNC Bear to purple and gold as a Los Angeles Laker, Dalton Knecht, ’23, (pronounced ‘connect’) has hit the jackpot with the opportunity he’s walking into to begin his professional basketball career.

    Dalton Knecht shaking hands with his new coach
  9. UNC Magazine |

    Magazine Feature

    A Family of Bears

    May 23, 2024

    The Rangel and Andrade family legacies continues to thrive as more family members follow in their paths

    Nine family members standing next to each other and smiling outside of a building