Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

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.

3 min read

A continuation of advocacy

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

5 min read

Inaugural Kenan Galapagos Fellows launch new research

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

4 min read

A passion for helping others

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4 min read

Going beyond degree completion

Joe Spencer holds a certificate for a perfect sanitation rating beside his hot dog stand.

4 min read

Blue skies, red dogs and all the toppings

Kat Goodpaster in front of the FedEx Global Education Center.

4 min read

Global Heel: Kat Goodpaster

A person writing a letter.

4 min read

The lost art of letters

Nikin and Rashmi Shah with their three children in front of a UNC sign.

4 min read

A Family’s Legacy of Education and Curiosity

Lauren Schultes poses for a photo

4 min read

A pitch-perfect career

Tom Kenan ’59 (center) with (from left) Robert Baynard, Lawrence Gray ’86, Interim Chancellor Lee Roberts and Vice Chancellor for Development Mike Andreasen.

3 min read

Carolina honors Tom Kenan for lifetime of giving and service

Gustavo Gonzalez

3 min read

Embracing every opportunity