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

Dr. Frederick Bowman Jr. sits in a lounge chair at his home in Chapel Hill.

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A lifetime of giving

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

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Top 10 Carolina Stories 2024

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Pilot program brings West Africa to local classrooms

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Carolina’s libraries connect a dad and daughter

Giddens and Justin Robinson host a jam session outside of Wilson Library.

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Up close with Rhiannon Giddens

Tom Kenan ’59 (center) with (from left) Robert Baynard, Lawrence Gray ’86, Interim Chancellor Lee Roberts and Vice Chancellor for Development Mike Andreasen.

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Carolina honors Tom Kenan for lifetime of giving and service

Exterior of the Learning Center building.

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A resource for all

Jamez McCorkle along two other actors performing "Omar" during a Carolina Performing Arts performance.

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‘Omar’ authors win 2023 Pulitzer Prize in music

Waleed Ziad stands outside holding a laptop next to a woman who is setting up a video camera.

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Cataloging with the local community

Cayla Colclasure works with historical documents.

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Tracking history