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

Portrait of Olin and Marilyn Setzer Treadway smiling.

4 min read

Planned gift to University Library honors parents

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

4 min read

Top 12 Carolina Stories 2025

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

4 min read

A lifetime of giving

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

Tom Kenan ’59 (center) with (from left) Robert Baynard, Lawrence Gray ’86, Interim Chancellor Lee Roberts and Vice Chancellor for Development Mike Andreasen.

3 min read

Carolina honors Tom Kenan for lifetime of giving and service

Exterior of the Learning Center building.

2 min read

A resource for all

Picture of Maxine Brown-Davis.

2 min read

Representation and access, today and tomorrow

A view of the front of Wilson Library looking up.

4 min read

Gift Endows Library Curatorship and Fellowships

Kenny Jones holding an open pop up book of Alice In Wonderland showing an arch of flying cards and a defensive Alice

1 min read

The magic of 3D

James and Susan Moeser pose outdoors in front of South Building on UNC-Chapel Hill's campus.

5 min read

A Milestone Investment

Vance L. Horner II and Shaida Jarrahi Horner smile for a photo with library bookshelves in the background.

1 min read

Extending beyond library walls