Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

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

7 min read

Learning to give back

Raegan Murphy smiling and working in a garden.

2 min watch

Growing, growing until it's gone

Group of SPARK participants at the fall retreat.

4 min read

Fueling confidence and courage through SPARK

Mina Bayraktar stands in front of the doors of Grand National Assembly of Turkey.

6 min read

Beyond the Well: Reaching out, returning home

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

Two hands wearing gardening gloves push down on dirt surrounding a small plant.

5 min read

Gardens ‘for students by students’

A man and a woman sit side-by-side in the seats of an auditorium. The man drapes his right arm around the woman while both face the camera.

8 min read

Crafting their story

Marisa Porto sits at a desk wearing a bright blue suit jacket with a black undershirt. She has one hand placed on her laptop and the other around a mug.

3 min read

Ask a Professor: Marisa Porto on AI in the newsroom

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

Lyric Locklear in front of the Old Well.

3 min read

Lumbee senior focuses on traditional ways of healing

A portrait of Carpentier on a two-toned blue background graphic.

3 min read

Ask a Professor: Francesca Dillman Carpentier on the effect of media messages