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

Jayne Davis and Jennie Ergott stand side by side with hands on hips in Davis Library.

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Invaluable resources lead to student success

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

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A lifetime of giving back

Mina Bayraktar stands in front of the doors of Grand National Assembly of Turkey.

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Beyond the Well: Reaching out, returning home

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

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A lifetime of giving

Lyric Locklear in front of the Old Well.

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Lumbee senior focuses on traditional ways of healing

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

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Because of you: 2024 giving highlights

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

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Top 10 Carolina Stories 2024

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

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A passion for math leads to a new path

Karen Jordan calling for the UNC crew team as coxswain.

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Steering toward sustainability

Gustavo Gonzalez

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Embracing every opportunity

Maggie Ambrose faces the camera with sand and sea behind her

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Making the most of Carolina’s makerspaces