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Just learned from my brother that I was present at the launch of Gemini 4 at “Cape Kennedy.” I was 2. I had no idea! Kind of thrilling to know this today.

@john_drescher @TheAssemblyNC John, this is a beautiful story.

Lily King’s “Heart the Lover” commemorates three chums who bonded as students in Chapel Hill. With two of them departed, their friends recall an uncommon alliance that ended too soon. My story for @TheAssemblyNC. theassemblync.com/news/culture/b…

@ChuckCulpepper1 I’m so sorry, Chuck. You are the best, and don’t ever forget it.

So on the 4,167th and final day of a job so exhilarating that I'd swear at least 4,000 of the days qualified as very good or better, the coffee came with whooshing thoughts of the 11 years and the four months and the 27 days. The brain tore through the datelines from 17 countries and 43 states, the three World Cups, the four Olympics, the 10 tennis majors, the 20 golf majors, the 11 men's Finals Four, the 28 College Football Playoff games, the 10 Kentucky Derbys, the tour of Jordan-Oman-Kuwait-United Arab Emirates, the 46 days in the peerless Australia -- I mean, come on, really? -- the depth of the beauty of South Koreans, and those times when I looked in the mirror (briefly) and saw a lunatic. Maybe the looniest would be covering a game in Seattle on a Friday night, then a game in Clemson on that Saturday night (with Lamar Jackson on the field looking even more dizzying than usual). Or was it the Boise on a Friday night, the students swimming into the frigid river for a goal-post chunk after midnight, then the one hour of sleep, then the Indianapolis on a Saturday night? No, wait, wait, it had to be this: Novak Djokovic winning the French Open in Paris on Sunday early evening, then U.S. Open golf preparations starting on Tuesday . . . . . . in Los Angeles. Non-deranged people might find such a sequence unfair; for whatever metabolic reason, I just kept giggling. Well, something surpassed all of that, somehow. To be part of the Washington Post Sports department was to be a part of an exemplary human experience, a rarefied collegiality, a beacon of collaboration and a near-bewildering scarcity of envy. For just one thing, I never, ever thought, way back last century, that I'd inhabit a world and a staff where everyone would treat my husband as one of the group, where a deputy sports editor would say, in a kitchen, near the end of a holiday party, "Alfonso! Come over here and hug me!" All of it reinforced that on the medal stand of life, human collaboration deserves a spot and maybe even the gold, for its curious capacity to bolster seemingly all 35 trillion of our cells. I love these forever teammates all so much it probably annoys them, and they call to mind a relic of a show always worth unearthing. It's Episode 168 of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," the episode she titled, "The Last Show," when the WJM newsroom staff works a final news show and has a last group hug, and Mary wishes to emote, and Lou wishes not to emote, but then Mary gives a stirring speech and then the ever-gruff Lou relents and, in a quaking voice, says something resonant all the way clear into February 2026: "I treasure you people."

Months after Hurricane Helene disrupted the academic year for thousands of students and their families, spring enrollment is up at the UNC System’s three mountain universities. @appstate @UncAvl @WCU 🏔️ Learn More: ow.ly/AXgf50UPJwi #NCHigherEd

Thank you, Coach! 🔶⚔️🔷#GoHoos

While in Asheville, President Hans also visited the beautiful North Carolina Arboretum to learn more about their recovery efforts. 🌳 @TheNCArboretum

UNC System President Peter Hans is in Western North Carolina today visiting faculty and staff at @UncAvl, as Asheville continues to recover from the impacts of Hurricane #Helene. 🏔️💙

Due to widespread internet and cellular outages, as well as regional road closures, Western Carolina University is suspending classes through Friday, October 4th.

Message from @UncAvl Chancellor Kimberly van Noort: “Conditions at UNC Asheville are difficult. Significant tree damage has occurred and parts of campus are inaccessible. Everyone is safe. Cell and internet coverage is nonexistent at this point..." (continued).

@VirginiaBridges @cathyclabby @newsobserver @GreenEyeshades_ Congratulations!

So proud of the work @cathyclabby and I did in 2023. And I have learned so much from the @newsobserver's #iteam. Thanks for the recognition @GreenEyeshades_ !🥇 newsobserver.com/news/local/art…

“I spent a long time just teaching kids to sit still on the carpet for one book. That’s something I didn’t need to do before.” nytimes.com/interactive/20…

James Martin II, an accomplished civil engineer who has led engineering and STEM initiatives at three large public research universities, was elected chancellor of @ncatsuaggies today by the UNC Board of Governors. Learn More: ow.ly/PnYi50SnmwT

Dr. Karrie Dixon, who has led Elizabeth City State University to a new era of expansion and success, was elected chancellor of North Carolina Central University today by the UNC Board of Governors. Learn More: ow.ly/fiY850SaVfg @NCCU @ECSU #NCHigherEd

@davemildenberg @BusinessNC @theobserver Sorry to hear this news about Ed. Hard working, talented journalist.

Tough news to share. Ed was an amazing talent. Never sought the limelight, but he certainly deserved it. And an incredibly kind, gracious guy. @BusinessNC @theobserver businessnc.com/journalist-edw…

Need help paying for college? Thanks to the new Next NC Scholarship, eligible North Carolinians could receive $5,000 (or more) to cover tuition and fees at any UNC System university! All you have to do is fill out the #FAFSA! Learn more at nextncscholarship.org.

Roadmap of College Credit for Military Experience @UNC_System’s new tool translates military occupations and the training that comes with them to nearly 7,000 college courses across its 16 universities. #HigherEd bit.ly/49yMl9R

Thrilling news for @Missytesterman, the National Teacher of the Year. She is also my cousin’s wife! Our family is so proud - we wish our mother had lived to see this. Big congratulations to Missy!

Military service members can now see how on-the-job experience translates to earned college credit at North Carolina's 16 public universities. 🎓 Learn more about the new UNC Military Equivalency System: northcarolina.edu/new-system-pro… #NCHigherEd #NCed #UNCSystem #Military

Bought this cookie today. In Durham. It seemed like the right thing to do.

Remembering our incredibly talented colleague Chuck Liddy -- a true original. Beautiful words by Martha Quillin. Amazing images by Chuck, curated by @ssharpe. newsobserver.com/news/local/art…