Dr. Fauci among UNC-Chapel Hill’s spring commencement speakers

Posted Mar 4, 2021
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health and the chief medical advisor to the President, and Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett, a Carolina alumna who helped develop the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine will speak virtually at UNC-Chapel Hill's spring commencement ceremonies in May. (CBS 17)

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