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

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

Portrait of Daniel Johnson in front of a black background.

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Active-duty journalism

Mary leaning against a wall, smiling

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Perfectly pitched for success

Spencer Bakalar smiling

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Women who are changing the world

Carolina Covenant Scholar Amber Friel poses on the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill.

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Amber Friel '22: Community Support

Carolina Covenant Scholar Noah Long '20 poses on the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill.

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Noah Long '20: 'So Much More than Money'

Valentina Arismendi

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An unconventional path to success

Rickie Willis smiles in front of a wood paneled wall.

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Making and doing good