Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

Sharon Lawrence stands outside PlayMakers Repertory Company.

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One-woman show spotlights Sharon Lawrence

Left: Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Gene Roberts ’54; Right: An 1895 woodblock print by Kobayashi Kiyochika

4 min read

Top 10 Carolina Stories 2024

South Building at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

3 min read

In SCiLL pilot, students to exercise free expression, civil discourse

Mason Murr in front of Eiffel Tower

5 min read

Olympic gold legacy

A collage showing the Olympic rings and four students with Parisian icons

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Ringing in the Summer Olympics

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World-widening gift takes UNC Hussman student to Spain

A portrait of Naomi Andre facing the camera on a gray background

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Ask a Professor: Naomi André

A portrait of Sarah Dempsey.

3 min read

Ask a Professor: Sarah E. Dempsey

Jed Atkins in front of the Old Well

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Meet Jed Atkins, SCiLL director and dean

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

3 min read

Going back to where he started

Pamela Brewington stands in front of the North Carolina Administration Building.

5 min read

No higher calling

Person smiling making coffee.

2 min read

Research leading to less loneliness