Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

Portrait of person wearing suit and tie against a blue and white argyle backdrop.

3 min read

Ask a Professor: Jason Surratt on potential air pollution from harmful algal blooms

People convene in front of an art exhibit.

3 min read

‘Boys Will Be Men’ shows teens entering manhood

Person stands at a group of table with two others.

3 min read

Carolina alum brings art and business together

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

4 min read

Top 12 Carolina Stories 2025

A group of faculty and students stand on the shoreline in the Galapagos with a supine seal in the foreground.

6 min read

A royal first year

Portrait of Kathleen Duval reading book against library backdrop.

4 min read

Rewriting early America

First-year Radian Hong poses for a sitting portrait outside, with Thomas Wolfe monument in backdrop.

3 min read

A green light to write

3 min read

Heat mapping for change

Painting sits in a glass box on display with person passing in the background.

3 min read

Exhibit adds splash of 'Color'

A selfie of Chloe with the western North Carolina mountains in fall in the background

4 min read

Inspiring future scientists

Person with short auburn hand stands on the terrace of a building wearing a white collared blouse and black suit jacket.

4 min read

Ask a Professor: Maria Savasta-Kennedy on well water safety

Aerial view of UNC-Chapel Hill campus at night.

8 min read

Zietlow Fellows foster community