Impact Stories

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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

Man in blue suit speaking into a microphone on stage with blue curtains behind him.

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Leading with gratitude

Jordyn Middleton stands smiling surrounded by children from the Durham Boys & Girls Club who are all pointing at her.

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'Realizing dreams, beyond your dreams'

Tazanna Jones stands on campus of UNC-Chapel Hill wearing a hot pink dress.

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Blue Sky Scholar loves the law

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

Ruitian Yan leans against a railing facing the camera outdoors.

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Community-based climate research

Portrait of Daniel Johnson in front of a black background.

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Active-duty journalism

This year's class of Weiss Fellows stand on the steps of the Graduate Center

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Weiss Urban Livability Fellows

A side-by-side image showing Frank Ivy Carroll as a young man and in 2022.

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A life prioritizing education

Mary leaning against a wall, smiling

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Perfectly pitched for success

Roy Smith and his wife pose in front of a lake alongside a portrait of Roy when he was a college student.

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A world of possibility and promise

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

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Membranes and Modeling