Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

Portrait of person wearing suit and tie against a blue and white argyle backdrop.

3 min read

Ask a Professor: Jason Surratt on potential air pollution from harmful algal blooms

13 Diplomacy Lab students in business attire pose for a group photo with Professor Neil Gaikwad

6 min read

UNC-Chapel Hill students help shape U.S. foreign policy

Five ACRED members stand behind a table.

5 min read

Alumni Q&A with Oliver Pau

Students gather around the water fountain in front of Bynum Hall

7 min read

Deans reflect on 2025

Photo collage depicting students and staff volunteering to provide families and children with food resources.

4 min read

Fighting hunger, feeding hope

UNC PhD student Riley Vickers stands in front of a pond at Carolina's North Forest.

6 min read

Membranes and Modeling

Lorenzo Hopper standing inside a hallway.

2 min read

Immersed in the Carolina Experience

Jeliyah Clark smiling with campus in the backdrop and a blue geometric overlay.

4 min read

Multiplier Effect

Two scientists look at test tubes

1 min read

Fighting Future Pandemics

A person in a lab coat checking blood pressure on a patient.

1 min read

Conducting prevention research

2 min read

A prestigious professorship

Tour group looks at NC Botanical Garden

1 min read

Appreciating conservation efforts