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

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Top 12 Carolina Stories 2025

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

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A lifetime of giving back

Maggie Ambrose faces the camera with sand and sea behind her

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Making the most of Carolina’s makerspaces

UNC Makerspace employees taking a RYOBI training via video call.

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A greater toolkit

A student uses a 3D printer.

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BeAMing up to the cloud

Kelli Smith-Biwer in the Beat Lab. (Photo by Jess Abel)

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Meet the inaugural Arts Everywhere Graduate Fellow in Music Technology

Susan Gravely and Bill Ross gaze at each other on a balcony overlooking the city of Florence.

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Giving the Gift of Global Education

Carolina alumnus Will Jung conducts an orchestra.

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Bridging Music and Language

Three women smile holding a photo prop that looks like like an Instagram post.

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Recognizing influential initiatives

Brian Hogan smiles in front of a campus building.

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Mentoring benefits everyone

Two women with microphones in the foreground with two men behind them at a DJ mixer.

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Music innovation flows around the world