Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

Portrait of David Fitzhugh with Carolina blue and navy argyle graphic.

4 min read

Meet a Bell Ringer: David Fitzhugh

A close-up view of Stephen Eckel holding his IV dosing device

8 min read

Donor funding bridges innovation ‘valley of death’

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

4 min read

Top 12 Carolina Stories 2025

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

4 min read

Because of you: 2024 giving highlights

Shelley Belk and Van Eure smiling in front of the Angus Barn restaurant.

7 min read

Forty years of hope

Nikin and Rashmi Shah with their three children in front of a UNC sign.

4 min read

A Family’s Legacy of Education and Curiosity

Kevin and Amy Guskiewicz sit on a lawn, with Kevin holding his dog Charlie on a leash.

2 min read

Honoring Chancellor Guskiewicz with a heartfelt farewell

Kelley Altman Greer stands in front of Wilson Library.

1 min read

Supporting interdisciplinary autism research

Dr. Joseph Muenzer with Cathy Bryson and Vaughn Bryson.

2 min read

Pioneering care for rare diseases

Portrait of Courtney Chaaban.

2 min read

Analyzing adolescent ACLs

A side-by-side image showing Frank Ivy Carroll as a young man and in 2022.

1 min read

A life prioritizing education

Angela and Richard Workman and Interim Dean Ed Swift post at the UNC Adams School

5 min read

Reinventing modern dental education