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.

5 min read

Beyond the Well: A journalism education with a global perspective

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

4 min read

Top 12 Carolina Stories 2025

A group of faculty and students stand on the shoreline in the Galapagos with a supine seal in the foreground.

6 min read

A royal first year

RJ and Rameses point at the camera in a campus food pantry, with jars of peanut butter in the foreground.

4 min read

When competition feeds a cause

Portrait of Robert Laidlaw against a backdrop image of the Old Well.

4 min read

A lifetime of giving back

A selfie of Chloe with the western North Carolina mountains in fall in the background

4 min read

Inspiring future scientists

7 min read

Learning to give back

Raegan Murphy smiling and working in a garden.

2 min watch

Growing, growing until it's gone

Group of SPARK participants at the fall retreat.

4 min read

Fueling confidence and courage through SPARK

A woman stands in an office setting with a map pin graphic that surrounds her in blue that reads "Tar Heels Everywhere" and "Singapore."

7 min read

Tar Heels Everywhere: Singapore

Person with short auburn hand stands on the terrace of a building wearing a white collared blouse and black suit jacket.

4 min read

Ask a Professor: Maria Savasta-Kennedy on well water safety

Two hands wearing gardening gloves push down on dirt surrounding a small plant.

5 min read

Gardens ‘for students by students’