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

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

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

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Gardens ‘for students by students’

A group of SILS master's students take a photo on their career trek to Washington, D.C.

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New connections and careers

Kessler Scholar Emily Shipway stands on a rooftop leaning against a railing with trees and sky in the background

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Kessler Scholar finds a family

UNC Makerspace employees taking a RYOBI training via video call.

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A greater toolkit

A student uses a 3D printer.

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BeAMing up to the cloud

Morehead Science Center.

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Seeing more stars

Sign unveiling the new name of the UNC School of Dentistry. It reads "UNC Adams School of Dentistry."

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Four Premier Dental Schools Form Global Alliance

Three women smile holding a photo prop that looks like like an Instagram post.

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Recognizing influential initiatives

Brian Hogan smiles in front of a campus building.

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Mentoring benefits everyone

Two women with microphones in the foreground with two men behind them at a DJ mixer.

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Music innovation flows around the world