Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

Portrait of person wearing suit and tie against a blue and white argyle backdrop.

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Ask a Professor: Jason Surratt on potential air pollution from harmful algal blooms

Angelica in cap and gown

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Inspired by Harvey Beech, a Carolina MPA grad leads with courage

13 Diplomacy Lab students in business attire pose for a group photo with Professor Neil Gaikwad

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UNC-Chapel Hill students help shape U.S. foreign policy

Five ACRED members stand behind a table.

5 min read

Alumni Q&A with Oliver Pau

Students gather around the water fountain in front of Bynum Hall

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Deans reflect on 2025

Photo collage depicting students and staff volunteering to provide families and children with food resources.

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Fighting hunger, feeding hope

Kurt Ribisl smiles, facing the camera, with left hand on hip and the Gillings School of Global Public Health lobby blurred in the background.

3 min read

Ask a Professor: Kurt M. Ribisl on big vape’s paper trail

Nabarun Dasgupta stands smiling with arms crossed with a colorful artwork in the background.

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Nabarun Dasgupta wins MacArthur ‘genius grant’

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Heat mapping for change

Black and white portrait of Nabarun Dasgupta.

5 min read

The objective? Save lives.

Person in military uniform kneels down in field to handle drone equipment.

3 min read

Military grad student up for promotion

Jeffrey Stringer sits in a chair and smiles facing the camera with ultrasound images patterned on the wall behind him.

8 min read

AI innovation in obstetrics