Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

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

7 min read

Nabarun Dasgupta wins MacArthur ‘genius grant’

Black and white portrait of Nabarun Dasgupta.

5 min read

The objective? Save lives.

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

Portrait of Heather Wasser with a blue background.

3 min read

Applying global research to local disasters

Portrait of woman with brown hair smiling up against a two-toned blue background.

4 min read

Ask a Professor: Julia Rager on urban wildfire risks

Barry Popkin poses for the camera, seated on a bench outdoors.

3 min read

Ask a Professor: Barry Popkin on regulating food marketing

Ronny Bell poses facing the camera outside.

3 min read

Ask a Professor: Ronny Bell on health disparities

Illustration representing the new Institute for Risk Management and Insurance Innovation, which will accelerate research on extreme weather and cybersecurity, featuring illustrations of a woman walking and icons representing markets, cybersecurity and weather

3 min read

Institute translates environmental threats into financial risks

Lindsey Smith Taillie by cereal

7 min read

A spoonful of policy

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

Rebecca Fry stands in her lab.

3 min read

Angling for solutions

Portrait of Dean Nancy Messonnier.

2 min read

Global health grounded in community