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

A colorful illustration of a brain with social media icons and emojis inside it.

6 min read

Tips for parents to keep in mind when shopping for devices

A shoulders up portrait of Anne Maheux on a Carolina blue illustrated background.

4 min read

Ask a Professor: Anne Maheux on generative AI use among adolescents

A man and a woman sit side-by-side in the seats of an auditorium. The man drapes his right arm around the woman while both face the camera.

8 min read

Crafting their story

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

4 min read

Top 10 Carolina Stories 2024

A portrait of Naomi Andre facing the camera on a gray background

3 min read

Ask a Professor: Naomi André

A portrait of Sarah Dempsey.

3 min read

Ask a Professor: Sarah E. Dempsey

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

5 min read

No higher calling

Person smiling making coffee.

2 min read

Research leading to less loneliness

Shayla Douglas stands in downtown Garner

2 min read

Leading locally

Phone screen with social media apps and a finger selecting an app.

2 min read

Tackling crisis of teens and screens

Neta Mishly smiles in front of a window.

2 min read

Promoting peace, piece-by-piece