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Video: UNC 2025 Spring Commencement, Featuring Keynote Speaker Mia Hamm

UNC celebrated the achievements of the Class of 2025 at Spring Commencement on Saturday evening at Kenan Stadium. UNC legend and world-renowned soccer player Mia Hamm, delivered the Commencement address. Watch the full ceremony here, with Hamm's speech beginning at the 1:02:25 mark. (View Video)

UNC celebrates Class of 2025 with rousing Mia Hamm commencement speech

Though Mia Hamm is considered the greatest women’s soccer player of all time, she couldn’t have won four NCAA titles, two World Cups, and two Olympic gold medals by herself. As Hamm told Carolina’s Class of 2025 under the Kenan Stadium lights Saturday night at UNC's Spring Commencement ceremony, it takes a team working in sync to succeed. (UNC.edu)

UNC School of Law Pro Bono Program receives nationwide recognition

The American Bar Association recently recognized the UNC School of Law Pro Bono Program as a 2024 Pro Bono Leader, making it the only law school in the U.S. to have received the recognition. UNC’s Pro Bono Program, providing legal services for those unable to afford them since 1997, is led by Meghan Moran and the student Pro Bono Board. (Daily Tar Heel)

19+ things to know about UNC Spring Commencement speaker Mia Hamm

Former North Carolina women’s soccer star Mia Hamm (class of 1994) is stepping onto a different field in Chapel Hill on May 10. She’ll join 6,829 graduates and their loved ones in Kenan Stadium to deliver the 2025 Commencement address. In honor of her jersey number at Carolina, The Well has compiled 19 things to know about Hamm (and a few extra). (UNC.edu)

National drone racing championship comes to Carolina

Carolina doesn’t have a drone team of its own yet, but Joseph Sharp - the fabrication education specialist with the Lampe Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at Carolina and NC State - has been hard at work to get one started. Hosting an event like the National Collegiate Drone Racing Championships could be a major boost to those efforts. (UNC.edu)

Suki Lin: UNC’s hidden gem

UNC is filled with notable figures but there is one bright star on UNC’s YikYak: the corgi, Suki Lin. Suki first became known to the UNC community in the fall of 2023. The campus had been dealing with a tragedy after a shooting that resulted in the death of Professor Zijie Yan, so, understandably, anxieties were high and felt throughout campus. (Daily Tar Heel)

Jim Lampley wasn't supposed to fall in love with boxing. Instead, he became its voice

Jim Lampley has been the voice of boxing for a generation, which is remarkable because the assignment was only supposed to last one fight. In 1986, Lampley had a new contract and a new boss who wanted him out. So Dennis Swanson, the head of the ABC’s sports division, ordered Lampley to cover Mike Tyson’s first fight on network TV. (Los Angeles Times)

Meet the Carolina Class of 2025

More than 6,800 Tar Heels, including undergrad, graduate and professional students, will have their Carolina degrees conferred at Spring Commencement on May 10. More than 5,000 of those students are North Carolina residents. The class excelled in the classroom, conducted research, won national titles and served their country. (UNC.edu)

Carolina biologist wins Wolf Prize in Agriculture

Jeffery L. Dangl, a biologist at UNC-Chapel Hill, was part of an award-winning trio of researchers who received the 2025 Wolf Prize in Agriculture “for groundbreaking discoveries of the immune system and disease resistance in plants.” Dangl is the John N. Couch Distinguished Professor of Biology in the UNC College of Arts and Sciences. (UNC.edu)

Comedian, UNC alum Lewis Black returns to alma mater for final tour

Now 76, Lewis Black is embarking on “Goodbye Yeller Brick Road, The Final Tour.” Fittingly, the tour will bring Black back to the same town where his comedy career began. As part of Carolina Performing Arts’ 2024–25 season, Black will perform at Memorial Hall at 7:30 p.m. April 29. Chapel Hill remains a special place for Black. (UNC.edu)

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