Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

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

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A royal first year

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

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Inspiring future scientists

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

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Because of you: 2024 giving highlights

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

Man peers down at his phone in one hand while being surrounded by trees.

4 min read

Senior researches cicadas’ impact on local food web

A closeup of fingers holding a small fish in a clear plastic sample box

9 min read

From riverbanks to labs

Carolina senior on a recent hike in Tennessee.

2 min read

Backpacking for bats

Kristina Hefferle wearing a headlamp and purple rain jacket crouches beside a leaf-strewn stream in a forest, searching among rocks and leaf litter for salamanders.

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Seeking salamanders

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Jumping into Research

Lydia Rowen sits in garden

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Promoting sustainability

Daniel Bowen (right) meets with Ross Tompkins, assistant to the town manager, to discuss Chapel Hill's sustainability initiative.

2 min read

Giving back to the community

Cassidy Harding smiling

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Shaping her future