Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

Professor Flavio Frohlich faces the camera seated at a desk wearing tACS head-gear

4 min read

Top 12 Carolina Stories 2025

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

Group of SPARK participants at the fall retreat.

4 min read

Fueling confidence and courage through SPARK

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

A group of SILS master's students take a photo on their career trek to Washington, D.C.

4 min read

New connections and careers

A shoulders-up portrait of Lilly Washburn.

4 min read

The best of both worlds

Katharine deGolian poses with the Old Well in the background.

3 min read

'A community that I'm part of and always will be'

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’

AI-generated image of Rameses wearing a red, white and blue outfit and hat, in front of a stylized American flag

5 min read

Celebrating a presidential day

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