UNC commencement speaker's health challenge inspires Class of 2022

Posted May 9, 2022
The spring commencement for UNC's Class of 2022 brought smiles to many faces inside Kenan Stadium. The keynote speaker, Frank Bruni, made everyone laugh. "You have survived years of torment as well as triumph of panic in addition to celebration of racing hearts and fingernails bitten, but we're not here to talk about Carolina basketball," Bruni said. (WTVD)

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