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

Aerial view of UNC-Chapel Hill campus at night.

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Zietlow Fellows foster community

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

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A lifetime of giving

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

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Because of you: 2024 giving highlights

Nikin and Rashmi Shah with their three children in front of a UNC sign.

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A Family’s Legacy of Education and Curiosity

Tom Kenan ’59 (center) with (from left) Robert Baynard, Lawrence Gray ’86, Interim Chancellor Lee Roberts and Vice Chancellor for Development Mike Andreasen.

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Carolina honors Tom Kenan for lifetime of giving and service

Gustavo Gonzalez

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Embracing every opportunity

Exterior of the Learning Center building.

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A resource for all

(Left to right) Kate Golson and Fareeda Akewusola pose together courtside at a Carolina basketball game in the Dean E. Smith Center.

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Attracting exceptional students

Portrait of Courtney Chaaban.

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Analyzing adolescent ACLs

A side-by-side image showing Frank Ivy Carroll as a young man and in 2022.

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A life prioritizing education

Roy Smith and his wife pose in front of a lake alongside a portrait of Roy when he was a college student.

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A world of possibility and promise