Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

Carolina Covenant Scholar Nya Smythe faces the camera with the Old Well at UNC-Chapel Hill in the background

6 min read

Cultivating community

Student-body president Christopher Everett faces the camera seated at desk with hands on the table

1 min watch

Meet Student Body President Christopher Everett

Mikayah Locklear poses sitting on the ground outside

4 min read

Committed to her roots

Ruitian Yan leans against a railing facing the camera outdoors.

2 min read

Community-based climate research

Sonny Griffith sits at a table in Wilson Library while typing on a laptop while looking at the camera.

3 min read

Following the narrative

Pasuth Thothaveesansuk smiles for a photo on Polk Place, with Wilson Library in the background.

2 min read

Telling a missing story

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

2 min read

Attracting exceptional students

Bryanna Ledbetter stands in front of the British Museum.

2 min read

'The highlight of my college career'

Abigail Rohy stands in a lab in her graduation regalia.

2 min read

Becoming a scientist

Ana Zurita Posas, Scott Hamilton, and Kevin Guskiewicz stand chatting at the GoldenLEAF Luncheon.

3 min read

Supporting North Carolina’s rural communities

Junior Brenda Palacios Rodriguez poses for a portrait in the Coker Arboretum.

3 min read

Supporting Middle-Income Families

Atencio stands on the shoreline smiling for a photo.

2 min read

Surveyor and storyteller