Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

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

4 min read

The arc of a Covenant Scholar

Portrait of Bella Garcia against textured cream background with thin Carolina blue line.

3 min read

Actor and advocate

Dalili sits outside. on the steps of the Bell Tower.

4 min read

A beautiful surprise

Lyric Locklear in front of the Old Well.

3 min read

Lumbee senior focuses on traditional ways of healing

A portrait of Kathleen DuVal, smiling, on a cream background with a blue textured circle.

3 min read

Professor wins Cundill History Prize

Portrait of Professor Blair Kelley on a Carolina blue background

3 min read

Ask a Professor: Blair Kelley on the Black working class

Sharon Lawrence stands outside PlayMakers Repertory Company.

4 min read

One-woman show spotlights Sharon Lawrence

Carolina women's soccer team members jump with glee on the soccer field.

4 min read

Because of you: 2024 giving highlights

Left: Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Gene Roberts ’54; Right: An 1895 woodblock print by Kobayashi Kiyochika

4 min read

Top 10 Carolina Stories 2024

A shoulders-up portrait of Lilly Washburn.

4 min read

The best of both worlds

Carolina Cupboard Food Pantry President Kennedy Williams walks through a pantry/kitchen area.

4 min read

Carolina Cupboard is here for you

Board with post-it note responses to question "What does the South mean to you?"

5 min read

Filling a major gap in oral history