Search Stories

Learn more about the people, places and programs at Carolina that illustrate what private giving can help achieve. Explore their stories.

Carolina Stories

DesireeRieckenbergWeb

4 min read

Desirée Rieckenberg lifts students in need

A portrait of Naomi Andre facing the camera on a gray background

3 min read

Ask a Professor: Naomi André

Joe Spencer holds a certificate for a perfect sanitation rating beside his hot dog stand.

4 min read

Blue skies, red dogs and all the toppings

A portrait of Sarah Dempsey.

3 min read

Ask a Professor: Sarah E. Dempsey

Dan Reuland

3 min read

Reuland Awarded Robert A. Ingram Distinguished Professorship

Executive Chef Christian Chiron in a white apron preparing food during service at Lenior Dining Hall.

4 min read

Food for thought

Michael Kennedy speaking at a podium

4 min read

Q&A with Michael Kennedy

Windows_Fall2023_Featured_Hamilton-scaled-1

3 min read

Carolina’s libraries connect a dad and daughter

Alt text: Rhiannon Giddens (Photo by Ebru Yildiz)

6 min read

Advocacy, connection and joy: highlights from Rhiannon Giddens

Giddens and Justin Robinson host a jam session outside of Wilson Library.

13 min read

Up close with Rhiannon Giddens

Elizabeth Williams smiles in front of the Old Well.

4 min read

‘Heart and soul’ of South Building honored posthumously

Exterior of the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health.

4 min read

Beech Award recognizes Atkinson’s use of data to confront disparities