Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

Patrick Davison, Aayas Joshi and Keya Mahajan stand on a cliff overlooking the ocean on a cloudy day in Hawaii.

5 min read

Beyond the Well: A journalism education with a global perspective

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

4 min read

Top 12 Carolina Stories 2025

A group of faculty and students stand on the shoreline in the Galapagos with a supine seal in the foreground.

6 min read

A royal first year

First-year Radian Hong poses for a sitting portrait outside, with Thomas Wolfe monument in backdrop.

3 min read

A green light to write

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

Portrait of Landon Day against blue and white squiggle backdrop.

3 min read

Building the Carolina connection

Jayne Davis and Jennie Ergott stand side by side with hands on hips in Davis Library.

2 min read

Invaluable resources lead to student success

Mina Bayraktar stands in front of the doors of Grand National Assembly of Turkey.

6 min read

Beyond the Well: Reaching out, returning home

Aerial view of UNC-Chapel Hill campus at night.

8 min read

Zietlow Fellows foster community

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

4 min read

New connections and careers

Portrait of Ariayana Harrell smiling with UNC-Chapel Hill campus in the background.

4 min read

The arc of a Covenant Scholar

Portrait of Bella Garcia against textured cream background with thin Carolina blue line.

3 min read

Actor and advocate