The kings of reuse and repurposing for the sake of science (and for the fun of blowing stuff to smithereens) will take part in the first-ever statewide science festival in the United States.

And I thought UNC Chapel Hill's last chancellor was the keyboard guru.

Last night at the women's basketball game between UNC Chapel Hill and the University of Connecticut, Carolina Chancellor Holden Thorp provided the musical accompaniment for the National Anthem. He played the keyboards in support of Terri Houston, the university's director of recruitment and multicultural programs, who belted out a powerful rendition of the anthem that drew raves as it crescendoed to its conclusion.

Thorp became chancellor last summer, succeeding James Moeser, an accomplished organist. I was curious about how Thorp and Houston put their act together; turns out they perform from time to time, as you can see in this photo of the two of them from a campus event from last year called Fallfest.

I e-mailed the chancellor late last night and he was gracious enough to fire back some answers. 

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