Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

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

5 min read

Beyond the Well: A journalism education with a global perspective

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

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

5 min read

A match met, a fellowship forever

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

RJ and Rameses point at the camera in a campus food pantry, with jars of peanut butter in the foreground.

4 min read

When competition feeds a cause

Portrait of Landon Day against blue and white squiggle backdrop.

3 min read

Building the Carolina connection

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

3 min read

Exhibit adds splash of 'Color'

Jayne Davis and Jennie Ergott stand side by side with hands on hips in Davis Library.

2 min read

Invaluable resources lead to student success