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

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

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Top 12 Carolina Stories 2025

A colorful illustration of a brain with social media icons and emojis inside it.

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Tips for parents to keep in mind when shopping for devices

A shoulders up portrait of Anne Maheux on a Carolina blue illustrated background.

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Ask a Professor: Anne Maheux on generative AI use among adolescents

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

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'

Found sitting at a classroom desk.

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Together, we propel the world

Candice Williams, Director of the Carolina Covenant

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‘The Next 20 Years and Beyond’

A portrait of Shirley Ort with campus scene in background.

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The Tar Heel behind the Covenant

Keith Sawyer faces the camera with fun expression and hands in the air; a blackboard with water drop motif is in the background

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Ask a Professor: Keith Sawyer