Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

Danny Hage holds up a framed world map.

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A transformational experience

Lauren Eaves smiles in front of the Meantime Coffee Co. counter.

2 min read

Organizations as business: Meantime Coffee Co.

Jacob Stocks smiles in front of the UNC Campus Y building.

1 min read

Ready to experience the world

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2 min read

Positioned To Succeed

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Savannah Putnam ’19 on being student body president

Uniformed UNC Bands students pose in the Pit.

1 min read

Playing together

Patrick Dougherty arranging sticks for art project.

1 min watch

A stickworks display for campus

Karl Holt leans on a bench with campus scenery in the background.

1 min read

In service to others

Woman leans on the rail of a tiny house.

1 min read

A community of tiny houses

A woman and man stand in a field holding a large wooden basket.

2 min read

An oasis in ‘food deserts’

4 min read

Community Engagement Fellow advocates for sexual violence survivors

Diamonde Henderson smiling outdoors in Prague on the left, and Johnathan Robertson portrait on the right.

3 min read

Dreamers-Who-Do: Innovate Carolina program sends student entrepreneurs to Europe