Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

Portrait of Sarah McGlothlin against blue and yellow squiggle graphic.

3 min read

A journey beyond Darwin

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

4 min read

This Royster studies oysters

4 min read

Tar Heels connect through Carolina College Advising Corps

Portrait of Ariayana Harrell smiling with UNC-Chapel Hill campus in the background.

4 min read

The arc of a Covenant Scholar

Three people stand next to the Galapagos Science Center sign in the Galapagos.

6 min read

A world of support

Dr. Frederick Bowman Jr. sits in a lounge chair at his home in Chapel Hill.

4 min read

A lifetime of giving

Left: Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Gene Roberts ’54; Right: An 1895 woodblock print by Kobayashi Kiyochika

4 min read

Top 10 Carolina Stories 2024

Portrait of Matthew Wood running up the stairs at Kenan Stadium

7 min read

Graduating debt-free? ‘That’s crazy!’

Christine Mikeska and Ben Arbuckle with an assemblage of bones from an archaeological dig.

4 min read

Analyzing Ancient Animal Remains

A closeup portrait of Carolina student Elijah Watson with the Old Well in the background.

8 min read

'I Can't Believe I Got To Go'

Lantinx students

1 min read

Understanding gaps