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.

4 min read

Senior researches cicadas’ impact on local food web

Portrait of Jashawnna Gladney smiling.

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A continuation of advocacy

A portrait of Dr. David Weber in white coat on a blue background.

3 min read

Ask a Professor: David Weber on flu season protections

Shelley Belk and Van Eure smiling in front of the Angus Barn restaurant.

7 min read

Forty years of hope

Portrait of Ben Fountain outside.

3 min read

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

The three Martinez sisters pose at the twins' graduation

6 min read

A family of scholars

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

4 min read

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