Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

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

4 min read

Top 12 Carolina Stories 2025

Portrait of Kathleen Duval reading book against library backdrop.

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Rewriting early America

Frank Leibfarth smiling in front of an outdoor background.

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Frank Leibfarth receives Carolina’s first Blavatnik award

A shoulders up portrait of Anne Maheux on a Carolina blue illustrated background.

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Ask a Professor: Anne Maheux on generative AI use among adolescents

A man and a woman sit side-by-side in the seats of an auditorium. The man drapes his right arm around the woman while both face the camera.

8 min read

Crafting their story

Three small pieces of technology with an aqua-colored surface and orange and yellow details.

3 min read

UNC-Chapel Hill startup disrupts X-ray imaging

Zhukhovitskiy inspects a vial in a laboratory. Background is changed to a Carolina blue color with a white shadow outlining Zhukhovitskiy.

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Rising star honored

A portrait of Kathleen DuVal, smiling, on a cream background with a blue textured circle.

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Professor wins Cundill History Prize

Portrait of Professor Blair Kelley on a Carolina blue background

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Ask a Professor: Blair Kelley on the Black working class

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

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Ask a Professor: Jinsong Huang

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

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Ask a Professor: Naomi André

A portrait of Sarah Dempsey.

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Ask a Professor: Sarah E. Dempsey