Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

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'

Five people take a selfie outdoors under a patio umbrella at night.

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Q&A: Ebon Freeman-James

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

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

A smiling student sits in the stands at a football game looking out into the horizon.

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'The audacity to think we could do it'

Candice Williams, Director of the Carolina Covenant

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‘The Next 20 Years and Beyond’

A portrait of Shirley Ort with campus scene in background.

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The Tar Heel behind the Covenant

The three Martinez sisters pose at the twins' graduation

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A family of scholars