Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

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

4 min read

Top 12 Carolina Stories 2025

Three small pieces of technology with an aqua-colored surface and orange and yellow details.

3 min read

UNC-Chapel Hill startup disrupts X-ray imaging

Collage showing Caroline Cahill wearing eye-tracking glasses. The left image is a close-up showing her smiling; the right shows her seated using a laptop.

6 min read

Mind and Machine: The Winston Center’s comprehensive approach

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

Student working in lab.

3 min read

Teaching beyond the scope of a classroom

Frank Leibfarth in lab wearing a dark blue jump suit.

2 min read

Translating discovery into solutions

Person smiling making coffee.

2 min read

Research leading to less loneliness

Jinsong Huang and Ying Zhou work on the computer.

2 min read

Safe, cost-effective imaging

Veteran Matthew Colon stands in a barn with a horse, facing the camera. An American flag is in the background.

10 min read

Helping Veterans Thrive

Phone screen with social media apps and a finger selecting an app.

2 min read

Tackling crisis of teens and screens

organ_donor_illustration

3 min read

Smarter Organ Transplants

Eric Weimer and Katherine Newhall stand together in a lab, looking at a tablet.

2 min read

Improving organ transplantation