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

5 min read

A match met, a fellowship forever

Professor Flavio Frohlich faces the camera seated at a desk wearing tACS head-gear

4 min read

Top 12 Carolina Stories 2025

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

4 min read

Top 10 Carolina Stories 2024

Black and white mock up of a vintage printing machine against a blue circular backdrop.

4 min read

10-millionth volume celebrates philanthropy, illuminates printing technology

Ben Speas kneeling on the soccer field and pointing skyward in celebration.

7 min read

Carolina Champions: Ben Speas

LessonPlans

3 min read

Pilot program brings West Africa to local classrooms

Carmichael Lobby dedication

3 min read

UNC coach’s legacy cemented forever

Eric Montross '94

4 min read

Eric Montross ’94 dies of cancer

Karen Shelton stands in Karen Shelton stadium.

9 min read

Lessons beyond the field

Waleed Ziad stands outside holding a laptop next to a woman who is setting up a video camera.

2 min read

Cataloging with the local community

2 min read

Continuous conservation

Camara sits in front of digitized Pulaar manuscripts.

2 min read

Preserving Pulaar poetry