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.

5 min read

Mentorship helped graduating Peachtree Scholar find her path

Five ACRED members stand behind a table.

5 min read

Alumni Q&A with Oliver Pau

A close-up view of Stephen Eckel holding his IV dosing device

8 min read

Donor funding bridges innovation ‘valley of death’

A conceptual rendering of the Argus Array telescope system

6 min read

Developing the world’s largest sky-survey telescope

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

4 min read

Top 12 Carolina Stories 2025

A group of stakeholders clap joyfully in front of a Bell Hall sign at the opening of Bell Hall.

6 min read

Bell Hall builds bridges for business and beyond

Kathryn, Kevin and Henry Griffin smile at the camera in Sutton's Drug Store.

4 min read

Turning Carolina dreams into reality

Pam Lucas sits on a bench at the Carolina Inn.

3 min read

Leading through service

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

4 min read

A lifetime of giving back

Aerial view of UNC-Chapel Hill campus at night.

8 min read

Zietlow Fellows foster community

Chancellor Lee Roberts holding the 2025 Lux Libertas Philanthropy Award to Paul Fulton ’57

3 min read

Paul Fulton Honored with Lux Libertas Award

Dr. Frederick Bowman Jr. sits in a lounge chair at his home in Chapel Hill.

4 min read

A lifetime of giving