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Headshot of Rachel McCarthy in her ROTC uniform

Leading Blue Heaven

Wing Commander Rachel McCarthy is the highest-ranking cadet in DET 590, aka Blue Heaven, but the senior’s path to ROTC wasn’t a traditional one.
Anna Atencio poses for a picture on the beach.

Surveyor and storyteller

Anna Atencio was a member of the first Chancellor’s Science Scholars cohort. Now she helps tell the unseen story below the seafloor as a geophysicist on the coast of North Carolina.
Gina Bartasi leans in front of wall bearing the name of her fertility care facility, Kindbody

Serial entrepreneur

Gina Bartasi ’91 is the founder of five companies; her latest venture focuses on streamlining fertility benefits to improve the patient experience.
Ariana Vigil sits at a table.

Creating community in the classroom

Ariana Vigil teaches and conducts research in Latina/o literature, militarization, and gender and sexuality.
Javier Arce-Nazario sits at his desk in front of his computer.

Creative cartography

Geographer Javier Arce-Nazario uses innovative mapping technologies to help communities in the Galapagos Islands, Puerto Rico and beyond.
The cover for the fall magazine features a female student wearing a big coat and holding binoculars as she looks up into the sky. The headline says;

Inside This Issue

In the Field: A summer of discovery for Carolina researchers. ALSO INSIDE: When IDEAs meet action, Meet Dean Jim White, Exploring the multiverse. Click on the magazine cover to view a reader-friendly flipbook.

Jim White stand on a boat wearing a yellow vest.

Letter From the Dean

Dean Jim White shares what he's been up to since becoming dean of the College in July.

Robert and Pearl Seymour stand on the lawn outside.

Give to Carolina

The Seymour family has established the Dr. Robert E. Seymour Jr. Dean’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Fund in the College of Arts and Sciences.

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