Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

Cassidy Harding smiling

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Shaping her future

The UNC Asian American Center celebrates the opening of its physical location with a ribbon-cutting event and look inside the center.

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‘Where I can be myself’

Selina Shi stands in front of Asian American Center

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Leaving her heelprint

Ricky May, third from left, with previous Carolina Blue Honors Fellows.

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Expanding fellowship efforts

Person sitting in a chair, working on laptop in the Launch Chapel Hill space.

2 min read

Launching local innovation

Madyson Barber smililing on campus

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Going Above and Beyond

Susan Gravely and Bill Ross gaze at each other on a balcony overlooking the city of Florence.

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Giving the Gift of Global Education

Carolina alumnus Will Jung conducts an orchestra.

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Bridging Music and Language

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

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Investing in the future of sustainable business

A Carolina student faces a crowd at a commencement ceremony.

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Preparing graduate students for the future of work outside academia

Samantha Garcia Cruz

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Transferring, researching, excelling

Purshotam Aruwani sitting at a desk with a computer and monitor.

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A summer in public safety