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Michael is a 2025 UNC-CH graduate who majored in Psychology and Environmental Studies. He loves trying new restaurants and cafes, going hiking, snowboarding, and going on long road trips to seemingly random states. You can also find his work in the Daily Tar Heel, where he is an editor on the Lifestyle desk.
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Durham’s Finplanly Offers A Fresh Approach To Instilling Financial Literacy

June 5, 2025 Michael Melton
Barrett Slade has always recognized that a large majority of our decisions are inherently financial. Do we go to college, or do we go to trade school? What should we […]
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Durham’s GridSeer Uses Probabilistic Modeling to Improve Energy Efficiency

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Dalia Patino-Echeverri is a professor and researcher at Duke’s Nicholas School of the Environment who has been working on optimizing energy systems for most of her career dating back to […]

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