Carolina Covenant Scholar Thidar Aye’s journey to Chapel Hill began in Myanmar. At UNC, she fell in love with research and hopes to one day enter a Ph.D. program in biology.

Senior Daniel Wood has spent the past four years as one of the most recognizable Tar Heels on campus without anybody knowing it was him. Ahead of his graduation this weekend, get to know the student behind Rameses.

Carolina senior Lucas Risinger is among the three Tar Heels studying at Kyrgyzstan’s American University of Central Asia this year as part of the UNC Russian Flagship Program.

Junior Aakanksha Gundu has made research an integral part of her undergraduate experience and encourages others who are interested to do the same.

Incoming first-year student Bryce Jones, a Robertson Scholar, is focused on one goal at Carolina: becoming a better person.

The rising senior studying biochemistry has an internship at pharmaceutical giant Merck in New Jersey.

Alyssa Cooper has been working with Southern Bridge International’s Prego Club, which focuses on helping pregnant or post-partum Japanese women in the Triangle navigate the American medical system.

Rising junior Sarah Paschal has spent the past two years training and performing with Carolina Jump Rope. The group competes against other universities and jump rope clubs from around the country and dazzles crowds with spins and flips.

Carolina undergraduate and graduate students recently came together for programming and connecting at the National First-Generation College Celebration.