Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

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

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

Three people stand next to the Galapagos Science Center sign in the Galapagos.

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A world of support

Gregory Characklis sits at a table with one leg crossed and a map in the background.

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Ask a Professor: Gregory Characklis on risk management

Exterior of the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health.

4 min read

Beech Award recognizes Atkinson’s use of data to confront disparities

Professor Ibrahim smiling at the camera in the lobby of Gillings on U.N.C. campus.

8 min read

Biostatistics: More than just numbers

A doctor performs a sonograph.

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Making ultrasounds universal

Two scientists look at test tubes

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Fighting Future Pandemics

Patients walk into the University of Zambia School of Medicine Teaching Hospital in Lusaka, Zambia.

8 min read

A new device for saving lives

A screenshot of UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health Humanitarian Health fellows and volunteers.

4 min read

Students on the Frontlines of Humanitarian Health

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Where the Water Will Rise

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What is ‘safe’ sanitation?