Impact Stories

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Carolina Stories

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

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Beyond the Well: A journalism education with a global perspective

Angelica in cap and gown

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Inspired by Harvey Beech, a Carolina MPA grad leads with courage

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

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Top 12 Carolina Stories 2025

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Heat mapping for change

Tazanna Jones stands on campus of UNC-Chapel Hill wearing a hot pink dress.

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Blue Sky Scholar loves the law

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

Charles Hands and two Covenant students sit at a table laughing.

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A passion for helping others

Mason Murr in front of Eiffel Tower

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Olympic gold legacy

A collage showing the Olympic rings and four students with Parisian icons

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Ringing in the Summer Olympics

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World-widening gift takes UNC Hussman student to Spain

Graduate Emma Cohn poses in front of the Well.

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A graduate's journey from Chapel Hill to New Zealand

Nora Elsayed and Hunter Vaughan stand side by side with arms crossed

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Leading now and into the future