Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

Frank Leibfarth working in a lab.

4 min read

Supporting Carolina chemists

Portrait of Robert Laidlaw against a backdrop image of the Old Well.

4 min read

A lifetime of giving back

Person with short auburn hand stands on the terrace of a building wearing a white collared blouse and black suit jacket.

4 min read

Ask a Professor: Maria Savasta-Kennedy on well water safety

Tazanna Jones stands on campus of UNC-Chapel Hill wearing a hot pink dress.

4 min read

Blue Sky Scholar loves the law

Charles Hands and two Covenant students sit at a table laughing.

4 min read

A passion for helping others

Keith Sawyer faces the camera with fun expression and hands in the air; a blackboard with water drop motif is in the background

4 min read

Ask a Professor: Keith Sawyer

Joe Spencer holds a certificate for a perfect sanitation rating beside his hot dog stand.

4 min read

Blue skies, red dogs and all the toppings

A portrait of Sarah Dempsey.

3 min read

Ask a Professor: Sarah E. Dempsey

AI-generated image of Rameses wearing a red, white and blue outfit and hat, in front of a stylized American flag

5 min read

Celebrating a presidential day

Graduate Emma Cohn poses in front of the Well.

2 min read

A graduate's journey from Chapel Hill to New Zealand

Nora Elsayed and Hunter Vaughan stand side by side with arms crossed

5 min read

Leading now and into the future

Andres Valdiri gives a presentation wearing a suit and tie shown from the waist up

2 min read

An entrepreneurial spirit