Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

Photo collage depicting students and staff volunteering to provide families and children with food resources.

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Fighting hunger, feeding hope

A shoulders up portrait of Anne Maheux on a Carolina blue illustrated background.

4 min read

Ask a Professor: Anne Maheux on generative AI use among adolescents

Portrait of person with short, curly black hair wearing a white top and a white and black patterned shawl.

3 min read

Trading zoning maps for disaster relief work

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.

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

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

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Ask a Professor: Naomi André

Jed Atkins in front of the Old Well

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Meet Jed Atkins, SCiLL director and dean

Illustration of three hands each holding a smartphone

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Carolina research takes the world stage

Student working in lab.

3 min read

Teaching beyond the scope of a classroom

A portrait of Beth Mayer-Davis.

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Fostering an environment of excellence

Portrait of Aimee Wall arms crossed, smiling at camera.

2 min read

Serving local leaders

Ramona Denby-Brinson stands in front of the Old Well.

2 min read

From Nevada to North Carolina