Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

A finger skims the page of a 19th-century doctors' notes in a daybook from the Wilson Special Collections Library

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A match met, a fellowship forever

A group of faculty and students stand on the shoreline in the Galapagos with a supine seal in the foreground.

6 min read

A royal first year

A portrait of Shirley Ort with campus scene in background.

3 min read

The Tar Heel behind the Covenant

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4 min read

Desirée Rieckenberg lifts students in need

UNC Makerspace employees taking a RYOBI training via video call.

2 min read

A greater toolkit

The UNC Asian American Center celebrates the opening of its physical location with a ribbon-cutting event and look inside the center.

2 min read

‘Where I can be myself’

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12 min read

'The Happiness of the Rising Generation'

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Arts Everywhere

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1 min read

The intersection of innovation and creativity