Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

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

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

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Because of you: 2024 giving highlights

Left: Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Gene Roberts ’54; Right: An 1895 woodblock print by Kobayashi Kiyochika

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Top 10 Carolina Stories 2024

Senior Rachel Geyer is researching why some corals grow more complex skeletons and how that might make them more resilient.

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Student’s research to help endangered coral

Man peers down at his phone in one hand while being surrounded by trees.

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Senior researches cicadas’ impact on local food web

A closeup of fingers holding a small fish in a clear plastic sample box

9 min read

From riverbanks to labs

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Jumping into Research

Daniel Bowen (right) meets with Ross Tompkins, assistant to the town manager, to discuss Chapel Hill's sustainability initiative.

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Giving back to the community

Cassidy Harding smiling

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Shaping her future

Tour group looks at NC Botanical Garden

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Appreciating conservation efforts

Stacy Zhang conducts research on coast in Morehead City

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On the edge of discovery

Donald Fejfar in a lab wearing a lab coat.

1 min read

Population-based work