Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

Grace Brown and Sunny Burrows seated at an outdoor table.

5 min read

Mentorship helped graduating Peachtree Scholar find her path

Portrait of David Fitzhugh with Carolina blue and navy argyle graphic.

4 min read

Meet a Bell Ringer: David Fitzhugh

A finger skims the page of a 19th-century doctors' notes in a daybook from the Wilson Special Collections Library

5 min read

A match met, a fellowship forever

A close-up view of Stephen Eckel holding his IV dosing device

8 min read

Donor funding bridges innovation ‘valley of death’

Adam Sherif stands with hands crossed wearing a suit

4 min read

The Pogue Endowment keeps on giving back

A conceptual rendering of the Argus Array telescope system

6 min read

Developing the world’s largest sky-survey telescope

Professor Flavio Frohlich faces the camera seated at a desk wearing tACS head-gear

4 min read

Top 12 Carolina Stories 2025

Kathryn, Kevin and Henry Griffin smile at the camera in Sutton's Drug Store.

4 min read

Turning Carolina dreams into reality

Aerial view of UNC-Chapel Hill campus at night.

8 min read

Zietlow Fellows foster community

Two smiling Carolina Covenant Scholars with a blue Carolina Covenant sign in the background and a video play button in the bottom right-hand corner.

1 min watch

The Carolina Covenant: Then, now and forever

Dr. Frederick Bowman Jr. sits in a lounge chair at his home in Chapel Hill.

4 min read

A lifetime of giving

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

4 min read

Because of you: 2024 giving highlights