Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

Portrait of Addie Afeworki in her cap and gown dropped into Carolina argyle graphic.

6 min read

Making space for a dream fulfilled

Grace Brown and Sunny Burrows seated at an outdoor table.

5 min read

Mentorship helped graduating Peachtree Scholar find her path

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

4 min read

Top 12 Carolina Stories 2025

Portrait of Sarah McGlothlin against blue and yellow squiggle graphic.

3 min read

A journey beyond Darwin

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

6 min read

Another mission accomplished

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

4 min read

Because of you: 2024 giving highlights

An aerial shot of the Galapagos Science Center with a beach in the foreground

5 min read

Inaugural Kenan Galapagos Fellows launch new research

Nikin and Rashmi Shah with their three children in front of a UNC sign.

4 min read

A Family’s Legacy of Education and Curiosity

Lauren Schultes poses for a photo

4 min read

A pitch-perfect career

Heart graphic

3 min read

How to heal a broken heart

Graduate Emma Cohn poses in front of the Well.

2 min read

A graduate's journey from Chapel Hill to New Zealand

Kevin and Amy Guskiewicz sit on a lawn, with Kevin holding his dog Charlie on a leash.

2 min read

Honoring Chancellor Guskiewicz with a heartfelt farewell