Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

Carmichael Lobby dedication

3 min read

UNC coach’s legacy cemented forever

Mathias Zimba stands with two mothers in front of a home in rural Zambia

3 min read

Meet Mathias Zimba, executive director of Rising Fountains

Eric Montross '94

4 min read

Eric Montross ’94 dies of cancer

Alisa Eanes points at an ultrasound

2 min read

Carolina Covenant Scholar becomes rural OB-GYN

Nora Elsayed and Hunter Vaughan stand side by side with arms crossed

5 min read

Leading now and into the future

Veteran Matty Colon pets a horse

1 min watch

Helping veterans THRIVE: Matty Colón’s story

Blue Sky Scholar Heather Norland poses in front of the Old Well

2 min read

She sees a future in optometry

Carolina Cupboard Volunteers

5 min read

Tackling N.C. State on the field and hunger off the field

Fellows from Southern Futures Undergraduate Fellows.

9 min read

Southern voices, future leaders

Sonny Griffith sits at a table in Wilson Library while typing on a laptop while looking at the camera.

3 min read

Following the narrative

Karen Shelton stands in Karen Shelton stadium.

9 min read

Lessons beyond the field

Athletes do pushups in a gym.

6 min read

Power Hour