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

Person in military uniform kneels down in field to handle drone equipment.

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Military grad student up for promotion

Jack Austin smiles for the camera wearing a button-down top and suit jacket in the atrium of a building.

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Another mission accomplished

man standing before a microphone addresses a crowd

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What is Carolina’s endowment?

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

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

4 min read

Because of you: 2024 giving highlights

Board with post-it note responses to question "What does the South mean to you?"

5 min read

Filling a major gap in oral history

Illustration representing the new Institute for Risk Management and Insurance Innovation, which will accelerate research on extreme weather and cybersecurity, featuring illustrations of a woman walking and icons representing markets, cybersecurity and weather

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Institute translates environmental threats into financial risks

Found sitting at a classroom desk.

5 min read

Together, we propel the world

A smiling student sits in the stands at a football game looking out into the horizon.

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'The audacity to think we could do it'

Kat Goodpaster in front of the FedEx Global Education Center.

4 min read

Global Heel: Kat Goodpaster

Three men in hardhats stand in a water treatment plant. The man in the middle is pointing at a piece of equipment.

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Flowing together