Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

Aerial view of MAHEC buildings in Asheville.

4 min read

UNC Health Sciences at MAHEC responds to Helene

Five people take a selfie outdoors under a patio umbrella at night.

4 min read

Q&A: Ebon Freeman-James

Mathias Zimba stands with two mothers in front of a home in rural Zambia

3 min read

Meet Mathias Zimba, executive director of Rising Fountains

Hayley Cartee throws sticky notes in the air during a performance of Every Brilliant Thing.

2 min read

‘Every Brilliant Thing’ uses theater to build resilience

UNC School of Social Work Dean Ramona Denby-Brinson.

2 min read

Addressing kinship care

UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy building.

2 min read

Sustainable rural care

Ilana Shtivelman in front of the UNC Veterans Resource Center.

1 min read

Serving veterans through social work

Two scientists look at test tubes

1 min read

Fighting Future Pandemics

Closeup of machinery in lab.

2 min read

READDI for the future

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3 min read

Innovate Carolina: Projects to Watch

Alex DeWalle smiles in front of a lake.

2 min read

Influential innovation

Woman leans on the rail of a tiny house.

1 min read

A community of tiny houses