Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

Angelica in cap and gown

6 min read

Inspired by Harvey Beech, a Carolina MPA grad leads with courage

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

4 min read

Top 12 Carolina Stories 2025

Person in military uniform kneels down in field to handle drone equipment.

3 min read

Military grad student up for promotion

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 sea lion is perched on a rock underwater with his head pointing up above the waterline

6 min read

Kenan Galapagos Fellows Program launches fall 2024

Two students work in a field.

2 min read

Crouching researcher, hidden sparrow

Neta Mishly smiles in front of a window.

2 min read

Promoting peace, piece-by-piece

Kelli Smith-Biwer in the Beat Lab. (Photo by Jess Abel)

1 min read

Meet the inaugural Arts Everywhere Graduate Fellow in Music Technology

Hovaniec

3 min read

‘It Changed Everything’

UNC PhD student Riley Vickers stands in front of a pond at Carolina's North Forest.

6 min read

Membranes and Modeling

Kainat Aslam

3 min read

Creating a Pathway

A Carolina student faces a crowd at a commencement ceremony.

6 min read

Preparing graduate students for the future of work outside academia