Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

Reina Kinnaly smiles with Old Well in the background.

3 min read

First-generation student planning to give back

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2 min read

Blue Sky Scholars

Angum Check smiles and leans against a white railing with trees in the background

2 min read

An opportunity to go home

Elarnta Darden smiles and leans against a white railing with trees in the background.

2 min read

Small town reared, international bound

Danny Hage holds up a framed world map.

2 min read

A transformational experience

Lauren Eaves smiles in front of the Meantime Coffee Co. counter.

2 min read

Organizations as business: Meantime Coffee Co.

Corinne Light '20

4 min read

The freedom to dream: Corinne's story

Jacob Stocks smiles in front of the UNC Campus Y building.

1 min read

Ready to experience the world

Danny Peralta talks to a man in a campus makerspace.

2 min read

Carolina works

Katie Melville and Marvin Eargle stand outdoors smiling with arms linked.

2 min read

Generosity across generations

Juan Razo smiles in front of the Old Well.

2 min read

Diversity of thought

Rizk Alghorazi and Noah Miller in discussion in front of a computer screen showing an image of a brain.

2 min read

Attracting great minds