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Carolina Stories

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Ask a Professor: Katrijn Gielens talks Black Friday

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'

Close up headshots of Susan and Ritch Allison with the western North Carolina mountains in the background.

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Why I Give: Supporting students after Helene

A waist-up portrait of John Moody with the ocean in the background.

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Keeping Carolina a special place

Katharine deGolian poses with the Old Well in the background.

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'A community that I'm part of and always will be'

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

Illustration representing the new Institute for Risk Management and Insurance Innovation, which will accelerate research on extreme weather and cybersecurity, featuring illustrations of a woman walking and icons representing markets, cybersecurity and weather

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Institute translates environmental threats into financial risks

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