Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

Nicholas Law, head of the Argus Array project, poses with a telescope beneath the Milky Way

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Watching all the stars align

A conceptual rendering of the Argus Array telescope system

6 min read

Developing the world’s largest sky-survey telescope

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

4 min read

Top 12 Carolina Stories 2025

Frank Leibfarth smiling in front of an outdoor background.

4 min read

Frank Leibfarth receives Carolina’s first Blavatnik award

Frank Leibfarth working in a lab.

4 min read

Supporting Carolina chemists

Mina Bayraktar stands in front of the doors of Grand National Assembly of Turkey.

6 min read

Beyond the Well: Reaching out, returning home

Charlotte Montgomery smiles for the camera while working in a fume hood and wearing protective glasses.

3 min read

Investigating the smallest details

Zhukhovitskiy inspects a vial in a laboratory. Background is changed to a Carolina blue color with a white shadow outlining Zhukhovitskiy.

3 min read

Rising star honored

Jinsong Huang stands in a lab next to a window holding a solar panel

3 min read

Ask a Professor: Jinsong Huang

Three men in hardhats stand in a water treatment plant. The man in the middle is pointing at a piece of equipment.

1 min read

Flowing together

Student working in lab.

3 min read

Teaching beyond the scope of a classroom

Maggie Ambrose faces the camera with sand and sea behind her

3 min read

Making the most of Carolina’s makerspaces