Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

Portrait of Olin and Marilyn Setzer Treadway smiling.

4 min read

Planned gift to University Library honors parents

Raegan Murphy smiling and working in a garden.

2 min watch

Growing, growing until it's gone

Students clear debris in western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene. One student stands smiling at the camera while holding a shovel.

2 min watch

Mentors, mountains and a mission

Black and white mock up of a vintage printing machine against a blue circular backdrop.

4 min read

10-millionth volume celebrates philanthropy, illuminates printing technology

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3 min read

Pilot program brings West Africa to local classrooms

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3 min read

Carolina’s libraries connect a dad and daughter

Exterior of the Learning Center building.

2 min read

A resource for all

A view of the front of Wilson Library looking up.

4 min read

Gift Endows Library Curatorship and Fellowships

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

Purshotam Aruwani sitting at a desk with a computer and monitor.

1 min read

A summer in public safety

Diamond Holloman, a PhD candidate at UNC-Chapel Hill, listens to Malinda Maynor Lowery, co-director of Southern futures at a meeting in a community center in Robeson County.

2 min read

The Human Side of Research

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3 min read

CCPS: 'Of the Public, for the Public'