Congratulations to the twelve new social ventures that have been selected for CUBE residency this year! Designed and managed in collaboration with Innovate Carolina and the Department of Public Policy, CUBE provides students with a year of seed funding, professional … Read more

STORY VIA CYNDY FALGOUT, CAROLINA ARTS & SCIENCES MAGAZINE • PHOTO BY KRISTEN CHAVEZ Anum Imran ’21 learned about the economic and social struggles of immigrant families while growing up in Concord, North Carolina, with parents and grandparents who had … Read more

VIDEO & STORY VIA JOHNNY ANDREWS, UNC.EDU Carolina senior Ana Soule and her team at the Phoenyx Project are giving new life to vinyl billboards that would otherwise end up in the dump. With a dad who works in outdoor advertising, … Read more

Twelve new social ventures have been selected for residency this year at CUBE, UNC’s Social Innovation Incubator located at the Campus Y. Designed and managed in collaboration with Innovate Carolina and the Department of Public Policy, CUBE provides students with … Read more

Eliza Harrison was like any other undergrad at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill when she went to a conference for innovation and entrepreneurs a couple of years ago hoping to meet some of her heroes and make … Read more

UNC-Chapel Hill student Anum Imran has been recognized for outstanding leadership and service by North Carolina Campus Compact, a statewide network of colleges and universities with a shared commitment to civic engagement. Imran is a recipient of the network’s Community … Read more

Editor’s Note: Congratulations to Phyta! The team has won the Hult Prize Melbourne Regional Final. Phyta, a current CUBE venture powered by Eliza Harrison (’19), Lucy Best (’19), and Emily Kian (’20), is making waves at startup competitions across the … Read more

Could you give a brief overview of your path to UNC? My parents and three sisters fled the civil war in El Salvador and migrated to Los Angeles about ten years before I was born. Right before my first birthday, … Read more

On August 12, CUBE, Carolina’s social innovation incubator, held a pitch party to showcase the concepts behind its new cohort of social ventures. The pitch party, held at the Top of the Hill on Franklin St., was the culmination of … Read more

There aren’t enough primary care physicians in the United States, and the problem is getting worse. In the 2007 North Carolina report, “State Likely to Face Severe Shortage Over Next 20 Years,” a task force convened by the NC Institute … Read more