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.

6 min read

Beyond the Well: Reaching out, returning home

Lyric Locklear in front of the Old Well.

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Lumbee senior focuses on traditional ways of healing

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

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Ask a Professor: Naomi André

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

Carolina Blue Sky Scholar Lamin Saidy poses with arms crossed facing the camera under a portico

2 min read

An opportunity to grow

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

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No higher calling

Shayla Douglas stands in downtown Garner

2 min read

Leading locally

UNC Makerspace employees taking a RYOBI training via video call.

2 min read

A greater toolkit