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Blair Kelley uncovers roots of Black working class
The Center for the Study of the American South director hopes to amplify the work ethic carried from enslavement to freedom.

Rooted: María DeGuzmán
María DeGuzmán, the Eugene H. Falk Distinguished Professor of English & Comparative Literature and the founding director of the UNC Latina/o Studies Program, has been contributing to research at UNC for 24 years.

Particle Man
Aobo Li, an award-winning postdoctoral researcher in the department of physics and astronomy, is performing groundbreaking work using machine learning to detect neutrinos that could shed light on the nature of our universe.

#GDTBATH: Gabriel Bernardo da Silva
As a Tar Heel, graduate student Gabriel Bernardo da Silva is continuing to grow his passion for serving others.

Winston Center tackles crisis of teens and screens
With groundbreaking research linking social media habits to brain changes, the center also provides career training and public awareness.

Carolina junior competes on ‘Jeopardy!’
Stephanie Pierson, a Carolina junior studying history, will appear on “Jeopardy!” Wednesday, Feb. 22. It will be the Tar Heel’s second appearance on the show, also competing in 2019 as a high school student.

Tar Heels build language confidence with virtual reality
Tar Heels in Caroline Sibley’s Advanced Arabic class use virtual reality to explore a virtual world with students in Morocco and Algeria in real-time to hone their language skills.
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