Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

Photo collage depicting students and staff volunteering to provide families and children with food resources.

4 min read

Fighting hunger, feeding hope

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 stakeholders clap joyfully in front of a Bell Hall sign at the opening of Bell Hall.

6 min read

Bell Hall builds bridges for business and beyond

Three headshots of James Koman (centered), Allie Ray McCullen (right), and Eric Montross (left) against a Carolina blue backdrop.

2 min read

Three alumni honored with Davie Awards for service

Portrait of Sarah McGlothlin against blue and yellow squiggle graphic.

3 min read

A journey beyond Darwin

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

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

3 min read

Exhibit adds splash of 'Color'

Frank and Ellen Proctor standing on the steps of the Pit.

5 min read

Reimagining the Pit

Portrait of Robert Laidlaw against a backdrop image of the Old Well.

4 min read

A lifetime of giving back

Four Morehead-Cain Scholars pose seated on a picnic table with trees and a lake in the background.

2 min read

Innovating AI services for the aging

A shoulders up portrait of Anne Maheux on a Carolina blue illustrated background.

4 min read

Ask a Professor: Anne Maheux on generative AI use among adolescents

A woman stands in an office setting with a map pin graphic that surrounds her in blue that reads "Tar Heels Everywhere" and "Singapore."

7 min read

Tar Heels Everywhere: Singapore