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Tar Heels Learn to Fight Like Britt

Much like the rest of the country and world, the members of the University of North Carolina rowing team opened up their laptops, tablets and cell phones to log onto a Zoom in late September.

However, this call would have a much greater impact than a usual team meeting.

September is gynecological cancer awareness month. It's been one year since Carolina began its FORevHER Tar Heels initiative and four years since Britt Burns, a former Clemson rower, died of cancer at the age of 26. Although on the outside it might seem to be a tragic loss of an ACC friend, Britt's life became a part of the Carolina story when Ty and Cathy Burns and Dr.