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

4 min read

Top 12 Carolina Stories 2025

3 min read

Heat mapping for change

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

4 min read

A lifetime of giving back

Charles Hands and two Covenant students sit at a table laughing.

4 min read

A passion for helping others

A portrait of Sarah Dempsey.

3 min read

Ask a Professor: Sarah E. Dempsey

Graduate Emma Cohn poses in front of the Well.

2 min read

A graduate's journey from Chapel Hill to New Zealand

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

Fellows from Southern Futures Undergraduate Fellows.

9 min read

Southern voices, future leaders

Pamela Brewington stands in front of the North Carolina Administration Building.

5 min read

No higher calling

UNC Makerspace employees taking a RYOBI training via video call.

2 min read

A greater toolkit

A student uses a 3D printer.

2 min read

BeAMing up to the cloud