Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

Grace Brown and Sunny Burrows seated at an outdoor table.

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Mentorship helped graduating Peachtree Scholar find her path

Bob Goldstein and TK Pham sitting on a bench with coffees

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Spring graduate found community through the Carolina Covenant

13 Diplomacy Lab students in business attire pose for a group photo with Professor Neil Gaikwad

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UNC-Chapel Hill students help shape U.S. foreign policy

Person stands at a group of table with two others.

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Carolina alum brings art and business together

Five ACRED members stand behind a table.

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Alumni Q&A with Oliver Pau

Professor Flavio Frohlich faces the camera seated at a desk wearing tACS head-gear

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Top 12 Carolina Stories 2025

Pam Lucas sits on a bench at the Carolina Inn.

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Leading through service

Man in blue suit speaking into a microphone on stage with blue curtains behind him.

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Leading with gratitude

Portrait of Robert Laidlaw against a backdrop image of the Old Well.

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A lifetime of giving back

Anthony Coble poses for a portrait photo outside the Kenan-Flagler Business School.

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Thriving at Carolina

A selfie of Chloe with the western North Carolina mountains in fall in the background

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Inspiring future scientists

Timothy McLendon standing on Polk Place at UNC-Chapel Hill.

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From reluctant applicant to senior class president