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

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

2 min read

Invaluable resources lead to student success

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

4 min read

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.

3 min read

Lumbee senior focuses on traditional ways of healing

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

Gustavo Gonzalez

3 min read

Embracing every opportunity

Graduate Emma Cohn poses in front of the Well.

2 min read

A graduate's journey from Chapel Hill to New Zealand

Maggie Ambrose faces the camera with sand and sea behind her

3 min read

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