Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

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

4 min read

Blue Sky Scholar loves the law

Graphic that reads "20 years, Carolina Covenant" with two images of Craven on either side.

4 min read

Dr. Renatta Craven made the most of the Carolina Covenant

Aerial view of MAHEC buildings in Asheville.

4 min read

UNC Health Sciences at MAHEC responds to Helene

A portrait of Carpentier on a two-toned blue background graphic.

3 min read

Ask a Professor: Francesca Dillman Carpentier on the effect of media messages

Sharon Lawrence stands outside PlayMakers Repertory Company.

4 min read

One-woman show spotlights Sharon Lawrence

Carolina women's soccer team members jump with glee on the soccer field.

4 min read

Because of you: 2024 giving highlights

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

4 min read

Top 10 Carolina Stories 2024

A shoulders-up portrait of Lilly Washburn.

4 min read

The best of both worlds

Ian Shih, Scott Tyler Albert, Sheng Song and Adam Hantman pose in front of an MRI machine in the Shih Lab.

8 min read

How damaged brains recover

A portrait of Dr. David Weber in white coat on a blue background.

3 min read

Ask a Professor: David Weber on flu season protections

Shelley Belk and Van Eure smiling in front of the Angus Barn restaurant.

7 min read

Forty years of hope

The three Martinez sisters pose at the twins' graduation

6 min read

A family of scholars