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Carolina Stories

A harvest mouse perches on a branch of blackberries.

6 min read

A field guide to small animals

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

Tom Kenan ’59 (center) with (from left) Robert Baynard, Lawrence Gray ’86, Interim Chancellor Lee Roberts and Vice Chancellor for Development Mike Andreasen.

3 min read

Carolina honors Tom Kenan for lifetime of giving and service

A portrait from the shoulders up of Maribel Carrion with The Well in the background.

2 min read

Finding a way

Carolina senior on a recent hike in Tennessee.

2 min read

Backpacking for bats

Jamez McCorkle along two other actors performing "Omar" during a Carolina Performing Arts performance.

3 min read

‘Omar’ authors win 2023 Pulitzer Prize in music

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

A field mouse in a blue gloved hand.

2 min read

Measuring mitigation

Alison Friedman sits with legs stretched across several theater seats and arms outspread.

2 min read

Reconnecting with live performance