Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

Carolina Cupboard for the 2023 Pantry Bowl

7 min read

Fighting food insecurity on campus

Five individuals posing in front of sign reading "The Be Loud! Center for Young Adult Cancer Care."

12 min read

Be Loud! Center is elevating cancer care for young adults at UNC

Rada Petric sits on a rock at a campsite with her hands resting on a hiking backpack. A white dog is in the background.

3 min read

Join the BatPack to help conserve bats

Jane Ellison takes her glasses off as she speaks behind a podium. The photo is framed in blue and says 50 Years, Board of Visitors

4 min read

Q&A with Jane Ellison: ‘Everyone has something to give’

Tom Kenan ’59 (center) with (from left) Robert Baynard, Lawrence Gray ’86, Interim Chancellor Lee Roberts and Vice Chancellor for Development Mike Andreasen.

3 min read

Carolina honors Tom Kenan for lifetime of giving and service

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

Left to right: Dr. Dana Lebo; Hilary Lithgow; Sam Rodriguez (submitted photo)

2 min read

Empowering veterans in unconventional ways

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

Dante Pittman stands with hand on hips with Whirligig Park in the background

3 min read

Going back to where he started

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

2 min read

She sees a future in optometry