Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

A Carolina student faces a crowd at a commencement ceremony.

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Preparing graduate students for the future of work outside academia

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6 min read

What is ‘safe’ sanitation?

A group of Chancellor’s Science Scholars conduct a chemistry experiment in the lab of Dr. David Nicewicz.

1 min read

Supporting the next generation of leaders

Je'nique Harewood smiling for a photo as she leans against a brick wall.

1 min read

Representing the very best

A photo of downtown Kinston with American flag.

2 min read

Giving local governments a boost

Five Carolina Law students, accompanied by Dean Martin Brinkley and Professor Lissa Broome at the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg.

2 min read

Gaining Mutual Understanding

Lantinx students

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Understanding gaps

A dentist and a patient at a dental office at MAHEC.

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New partnership ‘a huge public service’

Office space with a "Chapel Hill" light-up sign on the wall.

2 min read

Launching into the future

Valentina Arismendi

2 min read

An unconventional path to success

Hanging posters promoting the Ackland Art Museum

2 min read

Building a Foundation

Diamond Holloman, a PhD candidate at UNC-Chapel Hill, listens to Malinda Maynor Lowery, co-director of Southern futures at a meeting in a community center in Robeson County.

2 min read

The Human Side of Research