Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

Left: Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Gene Roberts ’54; Right: An 1895 woodblock print by Kobayashi Kiyochika

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Top 10 Carolina Stories 2024

Candice Williams, Director of the Carolina Covenant

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‘The Covenant’s Great Future’

Matthew Thornton looks into the distance with the Bell Tower in the background.

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A passion for math leads to a new path

Naomi King smiles at the camera with the Bell Tower in the background.

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Aspiring nurse leader embraces community and purpose

A shoulders-up portrait of Kelley Traynham outdoors.

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Remembering your 'why'

Board with post-it note responses to question "What does the South mean to you?"

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Filling a major gap in oral history

Person holds headphones against ears while peering down at laptop.

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Uplifting Asian and Asian American experiences

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 Ben Fountain outside.

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Alumnus honored with Thomas Wolfe Prize

Grace White

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Expanding the Ackland’s conservation efforts

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