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 group of SILS master's students take a photo on their career trek to Washington, D.C.

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New connections and careers

A portrait of Shirley Ort with campus scene in background.

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The Tar Heel behind the Covenant

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Desirée Rieckenberg lifts students in need

A sea lion is perched on a rock underwater with his head pointing up above the waterline

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Kenan Galapagos Fellows Program launches fall 2024

Two students work in a field.

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Crouching researcher, hidden sparrow

Kelli Smith-Biwer in the Beat Lab. (Photo by Jess Abel)

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Meet the inaugural Arts Everywhere Graduate Fellow in Music Technology

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‘It Changed Everything’

UNC PhD student Riley Vickers stands in front of a pond at Carolina's North Forest.

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Membranes and Modeling

Kainat Aslam

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Creating a Pathway

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

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‘Where I can be myself’

A Carolina student faces a crowd at a commencement ceremony.

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Preparing graduate students for the future of work outside academia