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’

Carolina women's soccer team members jump with glee on the soccer field.

4 min read

Because of you: 2024 giving highlights

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

An aerial shot of the Galapagos Science Center with a beach in the foreground

5 min read

Inaugural Kenan Galapagos Fellows launch new research

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

Amy Kryston sits in front of her computer, running data.

1 min read

Studying septic systems

A doctor performs a sonograph.

2 min read

Making ultrasounds universal

Two researchers look at a chart on a computer.

2 min read

Leading opioid safety research

UNC PhD student Riley Vickers stands in front of a pond at Carolina's North Forest.

6 min read

Membranes and Modeling

Jeliyah Clark smiling with campus in the backdrop and a blue geometric overlay.

4 min read

Multiplier Effect

Two scientists look at test tubes

1 min read

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