Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

A finger skims the page of a 19th-century doctors' notes in a daybook from the Wilson Special Collections Library

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A match met, a fellowship forever

Portrait of a man with glasses and short hair wearing a black suit.

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Ask a Professor: Jan-Benedict Steenkamp on the history of leaders

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

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Top 12 Carolina Stories 2025

Barbara Stephenson presents Taketo "Mike" Furuhata with a book at the SEUS Japan conference.

4 min read

Tar Heels in Japan

Mary Margaret Frank stands outside of an academic building in a grassy area.

3 min read

From UNC Kenan-Flagler student to dean

Window panels to a conference room with a banner that reads "PNC, Capital Markets Lab."

5 min read

More than a classroom

Maribel Borger and other members of the Rural Medicine Pathway Program stand outside of the home they helped remove debris from.

4 min read

Aligned with the mission

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

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Ask a Professor: Katrijn Gielens talks Black Friday

Candice Williams, Director of the Carolina Covenant

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‘The Covenant’s Great Future’

A shoulders-up portrait of Kelley Traynham outdoors.

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Remembering your 'why'

Illustration representing the new Institute for Risk Management and Insurance Innovation, which will accelerate research on extreme weather and cybersecurity, featuring illustrations of a woman walking and icons representing markets, cybersecurity and weather

3 min read

Institute translates environmental threats into financial risks