Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

Four people stand along a creek, one person is pointing at the water

6 min read

Restore a watershed, protect an ecosystem

Rada Petric releases a bat at night - the bat is in the foreground flying toward the camera

2 min read

Ask a Professor: Rada Petric

Carolina senior on a recent hike in Tennessee.

2 min read

Backpacking for bats

Exterior of the Learning Center building.

2 min read

A resource for all

Amy Kryston sits in front of her computer, running data.

1 min read

Studying septic systems

Ken Donny-Clark stands in a forest.

2 min read

Hunting for hemlocks

Kristina Hefferle wearing a headlamp and purple rain jacket crouches beside a leaf-strewn stream in a forest, searching among rocks and leaf litter for salamanders.

1 min watch

Seeking salamanders

Picture of Maxine Brown-Davis.

2 min read

Representation and access, today and tomorrow

A field mouse in a blue gloved hand.

2 min read

Measuring mitigation

Waleed Ziad stands outside holding a laptop next to a woman who is setting up a video camera.

2 min read

Cataloging with the local community

Cayla Colclasure works with historical documents.

2 min read

Tracking history

2 min read

Continuous conservation