Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

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6 min read

Making space for a dream fulfilled

Grace Brown and Sunny Burrows seated at an outdoor table.

5 min read

Mentorship helped graduating Peachtree Scholar find her path

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

4 min read

Top 12 Carolina Stories 2025

7 min read

Learning to give back

Graduate Emma Cohn poses in front of the Well.

2 min read

A graduate's journey from Chapel Hill to New Zealand

Student working in lab.

3 min read

Teaching beyond the scope of a classroom

Maggie Ambrose faces the camera with sand and sea behind her

3 min read

Making the most of Carolina’s makerspaces

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

5 min read

Leading now and into the future

Two students work together in the BeAM Makerspace.

2 min read

Collaboration and practice

An Indian woman in a sari stands in a field of solar panels.

7 min read

Investing in the future of sustainable business

A line of university students hike across a ridge in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina.

2 min read

All over the GLOBE

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3 min read

Innovate Carolina: Projects to Watch