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

Barbara Stephenson presents Taketo "Mike" Furuhata with a book at the SEUS Japan conference.

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Tar Heels in Japan

Three headshots of James Koman (centered), Allie Ray McCullen (right), and Eric Montross (left) against a Carolina blue backdrop.

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Three alumni honored with Davie Awards for service

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

Pam Lucas sits on a bench at the Carolina Inn.

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Leading through service

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

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When competition feeds a cause

Blue Sky Scholar Zoey Ainsworth poses for an outdoor portrait.

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Learning with heart

Painting sits in a glass box on display with person passing in the background.

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Exhibit adds splash of 'Color'

Man in blue suit speaking into a microphone on stage with blue curtains behind him.

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Leading with gratitude

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

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A lifetime of giving back

Anthony Coble poses for a portrait photo outside the Kenan-Flagler Business School.

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Thriving at Carolina

A smiling woman seated indoors framed within a blue location pin graphic. London cityscape in the back with 'Tar Heels Everywhere' and ‘London’ text.

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Tar Heels Everywhere: London