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  • Close-up image of hands holding an iPhone to take a photo of a UNC-Chapel Hill graduate in Carolina Blue regalia posing in front of the Old Well.

    Capturing Carolina 📸

    Each day on the beautiful UNC-Chapel Hill campus, there are countless examples of Tar Heels learning, playing, researching, teaching and engaging with one another. See the photographs that capture what makes Carolina special.

  • Groups of UNC-Chapel Hill students looking at art at an exhibit.

    Printmaking + biology = art

    The annual “Art Show: Printmaking and Biology” exhibit returned to the Genome Sciences Building Jan. 9. Students from Art & Science: Merging Printmaking and Biology, an interdepartmental course taught by professors Beth Grabowski and Bob Goldstein, showcased art they created in the class. Also on display by the building’s spiral staircase was the world’s longest microtubule. The 100-foot screen print created by Goldstein honored faculty emeritus Ted Salmon, whose research involved how microtubules connect to chromosomes, important to understand for learning the cause of certain cancers.

    (Photos by Johnny Andrews/University Communications and Marketing)

    Published Jan. 12, 2026

  • Several UNC-Chapel Hill students underwater performing dives as part of a scuba diving class at Bowman Gray Memorial Pool

    This class throws students into the deep end

    Scuba diving novices learn the basics and earn certification in PHYA 227.

  • Graduates in Carolina blue caps and gowns stand in rows, holding diplomas, during the commencement ceremony.

    A legacy continues

    Over 1,400 Tar Heels received their degrees Dec. 14 at the Dean E. Smith Center during the University’s Winter Commencement. See scenes from a day marking these students joining the legacy of Tar Heels, as friends and family cheered their accomplishments. (Photos by Jon Gardiner, University Communications)

  • A collage of scenes from Carolina's holiday video, including Seth Trimble holding ice cream, the Old Well, and student writing a poem as other students and Chancellor Lee H. Roberts look on.

    Happy holidays from Carolina and Chancellor Roberts

    In this fun video, hear a famous holiday poem with a Carolina spin to look back on all the exciting events from 2025.

  • A student holds a lambs while another students pets that lambs head.

    Cute study break

    Students took a break from studying for finals at the Health Sciences Library and visited with a pair of adorable baby lambs from Old Mill Farm in Durham.

    University Libraries brought the cute two-weeks-old visitors to campus as part of Week of Balance, which provides support for students as the semester closes.

    Kylee Harris, lamb handler and general manager of the farm, said that both are katahdin sheep, a breed that grows more of a hair texture instead of wool and that they will shed naturally over the years. This is the first year that Old Mill Farm has brought lambs to campus, having brought baby goats to a therapy session for students in the past.

    (Photos by Johnny Andrews/UNC-Chapel Hill)

  • A man wearing a Mickey Mouse Christmas shirt, an elf hat, Christmas tree pajama pants and a Christmas cape high-fiving a man during the UNC-Chapel Hill Jingle Bell Jog.

    Bringing holiday cheer to a gloomy day

    Despite gloomy weather and temperatures in the mid 30s, Carolina employees came together with colleagues and got steps in around campus for a good cause while spreading holiday spirit. The Jingle Bell Jog, an annual tradition for UNC-Chapel Hill faculty and staff, returned Dec. 5, with Tar Heels becoming Santas, elves and reindeer. Attendees also had the opportunity to make canned-food donations to the Carolina Cupboard and support the Orange County Animal Shelter. (Photos by Jon Gardiner/UNC-Chapel Hill)

  • An aerial view of the Bell Tower and U.N.C. Chapel Hill's campus in the fall. The trees have orange and yellow leaves.

    Fall colors Carolina

    See campus decked out in its best fall colors in these photos and video from the 2025 fall semester.