Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

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

4 min read

Fighting hunger, feeding hope

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.

6 min read

A world of support

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

4 min read

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

Louise Hoff taking on skateboard

2 min read

Skateboarding and public health provide a transformative journey at Carolina

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

8 min read

Biostatistics: More than just numbers

KeleteCampaign

2 min read

Jumping into Research

A doctor performs a sonograph.

2 min read

Making ultrasounds universal

Portrait of Alex Acosta

4 min read

‘Where I’m Meant to Be’

Two scientists look at test tubes

1 min read

Fighting Future Pandemics

Rick_Luettich

7 min read

Where the Water Will Rise