Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

Students clear debris in western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene. One student stands smiling at the camera while holding a shovel.

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Mentors, mountains and a mission

Nathan Townsend stands on a professional baseball field on a sunny day.

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Intern shares analytics model with Japanese baseball team

Jeffrey Stringer sits in a chair and smiles facing the camera with ultrasound images patterned on the wall behind him.

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AI innovation in obstetrics

Jordyn Middleton stands smiling surrounded by children from the Durham Boys & Girls Club who are all pointing at her.

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'Realizing dreams, beyond your dreams'

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This Royster studies oysters

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.

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The Carolina Covenant: Then, now and forever

Marisa Porto sits at a desk wearing a bright blue suit jacket with a black undershirt. She has one hand placed on her laptop and the other around a mug.

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Ask a Professor: Marisa Porto on AI in the newsroom

Charlotte Montgomery smiles for the camera while working in a fume hood and wearing protective glasses.

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Investigating the smallest details

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Tar Heels connect through Carolina College Advising Corps

Portrait of Jennifer Mulveny facing the left side of the image with a blue circle graphic behind her.

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Adobe executive talks AI policy

man standing before a microphone addresses a crowd

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What is Carolina’s endowment?

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

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The arc of a Covenant Scholar