Impact Stories

Stories that show how privately funded research, programs and initiatives are making a difference.

Carolina Stories

Gustavo Gonzalez

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Embracing every opportunity

Graduate Emma Cohn poses in front of the Well.

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A graduate's journey from Chapel Hill to New Zealand

Student working in lab.

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Teaching beyond the scope of a classroom

Maggie Ambrose faces the camera with sand and sea behind her

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Making the most of Carolina’s makerspaces

Fiona Chen demonstrates how electronics work to youth in Franklinton.

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SECU Public Fellows internship brings science to Franklin County

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

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An opportunity to grow

Lauren Baker smiles for the camera in front of the Old Well at UNC-Chapel Hill

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‘I’ve loved every second’

Carolina Covenant Scholar Nya Smythe faces the camera with the Old Well at UNC-Chapel Hill in the background

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Cultivating community

Student-body president Christopher Everett faces the camera seated at desk with hands on the table

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Meet Student Body President Christopher Everett

Mikayah Locklear poses sitting on the ground outside

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Committed to her roots

Andres Valdiri gives a presentation wearing a suit and tie shown from the waist up

2 min read

An entrepreneurial spirit

Fellows from Southern Futures Undergraduate Fellows.

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Southern voices, future leaders