Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

13 Diplomacy Lab students in business attire pose for a group photo with Professor Neil Gaikwad

6 min read

UNC-Chapel Hill students help shape U.S. foreign policy

Professor Flavio Frohlich faces the camera seated at a desk wearing tACS head-gear

4 min read

Top 12 Carolina Stories 2025

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

6 min read

Beyond the Well: Reaching out, returning home

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3 min read

Burch Fellows explore hidden side of Olympic Games

Kat Goodpaster in front of the FedEx Global Education Center.

4 min read

Global Heel: Kat Goodpaster

Navin Banat sits behind a table holding a book.

3 min read

Ask a Professor: Navin Bapat

Student working in lab.

3 min read

Teaching beyond the scope of a classroom

Maggie Ambrose faces the camera with sand and sea behind her

3 min read

Making the most of Carolina’s makerspaces

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

2 min read

Telling a missing story

Christian Lentz (center) with friends in Vietnam.

2 min read

Faculty residency bolsters Southeast Asian Studies

UNC Makerspace employees taking a RYOBI training via video call.

2 min read

A greater toolkit

Portrait of Eleanor Murray in front of flowers.

2 min read

Connecting daydreaming with diplomacy