Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

4 min read

Tar Heels connect through Carolina College Advising Corps

Portrait of Rymer in front of the UNC School of Education.

5 min read

Bridging access

A group of SILS master's students take a photo on their career trek to Washington, D.C.

4 min read

New connections and careers

Portrait of Bella Garcia against textured cream background with thin Carolina blue line.

3 min read

Actor and advocate

Dalili sits outside. on the steps of the Bell Tower.

4 min read

A beautiful surprise

Maribel Borger and other members of the Rural Medicine Pathway Program stand outside of the home they helped remove debris from.

4 min read

Aligned with the mission

Collage of Yessenia during her travels: in front of a light house, sitting in a field and standing on a cliff.

3 min read

Yessenia Estrada-Zerhoudi is one C-STEP ahead

Tazanna Jones stands on campus of UNC-Chapel Hill wearing a hot pink dress.

4 min read

Blue Sky Scholar loves the law

Lyric Locklear in front of the Old Well.

3 min read

Lumbee senior focuses on traditional ways of healing

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

4 min read

Because of you: 2024 giving highlights

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

4 min read

Top 10 Carolina Stories 2024

Matthew Thornton looks into the distance with the Bell Tower in the background.

2 min read

A passion for math leads to a new path