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

Raegan Murphy smiling and working in a garden.

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Growing, growing until it's gone

Students clear debris in western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene. One student stands smiling at the camera while holding a shovel.

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Mentors, mountains and a mission

Nathan Townsend stands on a professional baseball field on a sunny day.

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Intern shares analytics model with Japanese baseball team

Carolina women's soccer team members jump with glee on the soccer field.

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Because of you: 2024 giving highlights

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

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Top 10 Carolina Stories 2024

Katie Dixon and teammates holding trophies after winning the 2023 NCAA championship.

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Carolina Champions: Katie Dixon

Mason Murr in front of Eiffel Tower

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Olympic gold legacy

A collage showing the Olympic rings and four students with Parisian icons

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Ringing in the Summer Olympics

An action shot of Gigi Cloney wearing boxing gloves

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‘Serendipitous’ Support

Daniel Bowen (right) meets with Ross Tompkins, assistant to the town manager, to discuss Chapel Hill's sustainability initiative.

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Giving back to the community

Chris Gray and Sara Daavettila stand side by side in front of a blue swath.

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Academic and Athletic Excellence