Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

Patrick Davison, Aayas Joshi and Keya Mahajan stand on a cliff overlooking the ocean on a cloudy day in Hawaii.

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Beyond the Well: A journalism education with a global perspective

People convene in front of an art exhibit.

3 min read

‘Boys Will Be Men’ shows teens entering manhood

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

Person stands at a group of table with two others.

3 min read

Carolina alum brings art and business together

Students gather and smile in the front of a classroom

3 min read

Hussman students cover their first Winter Games

Professor Flavio Frohlich faces the camera seated at a desk wearing tACS head-gear

4 min read

Top 12 Carolina Stories 2025

Barbara Stephenson presents Taketo "Mike" Furuhata with a book at the SEUS Japan conference.

4 min read

Tar Heels in Japan

Painting sits in a glass box on display with person passing in the background.

3 min read

Exhibit adds splash of 'Color'

A smiling woman seated indoors framed within a blue location pin graphic. London cityscape in the back with 'Tar Heels Everywhere' and ‘London’ text.

6 min read

Tar Heels Everywhere: London

Pepper Dowd

4 min read

The Legacy of Pepper Dowd: 50 Years of Philanthropy

A violinist plays in an auditorium while a person wears a cap with multiple sensors during a brain mapping performance.

1 min watch

When music meets the mind

Three people stand next to the Galapagos Science Center sign in the Galapagos.

6 min read

A world of support