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

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Top 12 Carolina Stories 2025

A smiling woman seated indoors framed within a blue location pin graphic. London cityscape in the back with 'Tar Heels Everywhere' and ‘London’ text.

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Tar Heels Everywhere: London

Three people stand next to the Galapagos Science Center sign in the Galapagos.

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A world of support

Carolina women's soccer team members jump with glee on the soccer field.

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Because of you: 2024 giving highlights

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

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Top 10 Carolina Stories 2024

Atencio stands on the shoreline smiling for a photo.

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Surveyor and storyteller

Ricky May, third from left, with previous Carolina Blue Honors Fellows.

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Expanding fellowship efforts

Susan Gravely and Bill Ross gaze at each other on a balcony overlooking the city of Florence.

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Giving the Gift of Global Education

An Indian woman in a sari stands in a field of solar panels.

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Investing in the future of sustainable business

Kaia graduation

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Combining Disciplines for Success

A closeup portrait of Carolina student Elijah Watson with the Old Well in the background.

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'I Can't Believe I Got To Go'

Zena Cardman stands on a runway wearing a NASA suit and holding a helmet, with a plane in the background.

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Practice for Mars