Impact Stories

Stories that show how privately funded research, programs and initiatives are making a difference.

Carolina Stories

Senior Rachel Geyer is researching why some corals grow more complex skeletons and how that might make them more resilient.

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Student’s research to help endangered coral

Man peers down at his phone in one hand while being surrounded by trees.

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Senior researches cicadas’ impact on local food web

Portrait of Jashawnna Gladney smiling.

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A continuation of advocacy

Portrait of Ben Fountain outside.

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Alumnus honored with Thomas Wolfe Prize

An aerial shot of the Galapagos Science Center with a beach in the foreground

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Inaugural Kenan Galapagos Fellows launch new research

Osman in a suit smiling.

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Empowering humanity through technology

Charles Hands and two Covenant students sit at a table laughing.

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A passion for helping others

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Going beyond degree completion

Jinsong Huang stands in a lab next to a window holding a solar panel

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Ask a Professor: Jinsong Huang

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Burch Fellows explore hidden side of Olympic Games

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Pilot program brings West Africa to local classrooms

A portrait of Naomi Andre facing the camera on a gray background

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Ask a Professor: Naomi André