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Catalyst for change
UNC-BEST teacher Sallie Senseney on a hike in the Black Mountains in Yancey County. (photo courtesy of Sallie Senseney) Sallie Senseney ’10 came to teach biology because she herself had three early and...
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Rod Brooks tackles a global crisis, one meal at a time
Rod Brooks says he can trace his entire career path to his study abroad experience at UNC. (photo by Beth Lawrence) Rod Brooks believes that hunger doesn’t have to exist and that we can end it in...
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Foreign correspondent: Covering the world on his own terms
Thanassis Cambanis lives and writes in Beirut. (photo by Scott Nelson) After living in Chapel Hill since birth, serving as editor-in-chief of The Daily Tar Heel, and graduating from Carolina Phi Beta...
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Statistician’s journey to ‘genius’ took a lot of hard work
Alumna Susan Murphy is developing smart phone apps to help people who are battling addiction or mental illness. (photo courtesy of MacArthur Foundation) If Susan Murphy’s story tells us anything, it’s...
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Veteran’s path takes him into arts entrepreneurship
Army vet and opera star BR McDonald is working with veterans on re-launching their careers in the arts. Brian “BR” McDonald ’01 jokes that when he was in an Army special operations unit, getting ready...
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Graduate student helps to prevent and manage ACL injuries
Becky Begalle works with young female athletes, in particular, on addressing ACL injuries that can threaten to unravel their lives. (photo by Beth Lawrence) “… to enhance the physical well-being and...
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Mipso: Up-and-coming acoustic trio bleeds Carolina blue
Mipso members, from left, Joseph Terrell, Jacob Sharp and Wood Robinson. (photo by Leon Goodwin) The southern string band Mipso, made up of 2013 UNC alums Joseph Terrell on guitar, Jacob Sharp on...
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Google Gaggle: Six alumnae land jobs with search giant
From left, Abby Bouchon and Meghan Lyons in Google’s New York office. (photo by Chris Klemens) In the 2013 comedy “The Internship,” actors Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson play laid off 40-something watch...
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Center Stage: Wann’s Tony-nominated musical revived on Broadway
Jim Wann Singer and composer Jim Wann ’70 saw his career take off when his first name became his last and he took to the stage as the bank robber Jesse James. It happened in 1974 when Diamond Studs:...
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Mapmaking Pioneer: Sandy McNally ’63 served as head of iconic business that...
Sandy McNally (photo by Martin Bader) Long before Siri and GPS, travelers relied on another essential guide, the Rand McNally Road Atlas. Alumnus Andrew “Sandy” McNally IV served as CEO, president and...
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