Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

Portrait of Bella Garcia against textured cream background with thin Carolina blue line.

3 min read

Actor and advocate

Dalili sits outside. on the steps of the Bell Tower.

4 min read

A beautiful surprise

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

3 min read

Rising star honored

Collage of Yessenia during her travels: in front of a light house, sitting in a field and standing on a cliff.

3 min read

Yessenia Estrada-Zerhoudi is one C-STEP ahead

Graphic that reads "20 years, Carolina Covenant" with two images of Craven on either side.

4 min read

Dr. Renatta Craven made the most of the Carolina Covenant

Lyric Locklear in front of the Old Well.

3 min read

Lumbee senior focuses on traditional ways of healing

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

3 min read

Professor wins Cundill History Prize

Portrait of Professor Blair Kelley on a Carolina blue background

3 min read

Ask a Professor: Blair Kelley on the Black working class

Carolina women's soccer team members jump with glee on the soccer field.

4 min read

Because of you: 2024 giving highlights

Left: Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Gene Roberts ’54; Right: An 1895 woodblock print by Kobayashi Kiyochika

4 min read

Top 10 Carolina Stories 2024

Matthew Thornton looks into the distance with the Bell Tower in the background.

2 min read

A passion for math leads to a new path

Person holds headphones against ears while peering down at laptop.

2 min watch

Uplifting Asian and Asian American experiences