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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

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

Portrait of Ben Fountain outside.

3 min read

Alumnus honored with Thomas Wolfe Prize

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

3 min read

Institute translates environmental threats into financial risks

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

A closeup of fingers holding a small fish in a clear plastic sample box

9 min read

From riverbanks to labs

Jinsong Huang stands in a lab next to a window holding a solar panel

3 min read

Ask a Professor: Jinsong Huang

BurchFellow

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Burch Fellows explore hidden side of Olympic Games

LessonPlans

3 min read

Pilot program brings West Africa to local classrooms

A portrait of Naomi Andre facing the camera on a gray background

3 min read

Ask a Professor: Naomi André