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.

3 min read

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.

3 min read

A continuation of advocacy

Gregory Characklis sits at a table with one leg crossed and a map in the background.

4 min read

Ask a Professor: Gregory Characklis on risk management

Carolina and NC State mascots pose looking forward while standing in a kitchen/pantry.

6 min read

Facing off to fight student food insecurity

Katie Dixon and teammates holding trophies after winning the 2023 NCAA championship.

7 min read

Carolina Champions: Katie Dixon

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

Grace White

5 min read

Expanding the Ackland’s conservation efforts

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

5 min read

Inaugural Kenan Galapagos Fellows launch new research

Found sitting at a classroom desk.

5 min read

Together, we propel the world

Candice Williams, Director of the Carolina Covenant

2 min read

‘The Next 20 Years and Beyond’

A portrait of Shirley Ort with campus scene in background.

3 min read

The Tar Heel behind the Covenant