Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

drawing of a brain

1 min read

A joint effort

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

Jeremy Wang, assistant professor of genetics in the UNC School of Medicine, in front of lab equipment

7 min read

The power of partnership

Two people stand in outdoor hallway of a building.

2 min read

A convergent code

1 min read

Researching the senses

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 Carolina student faces a crowd at a commencement ceremony.

6 min read

Preparing graduate students for the future of work outside academia

Joey Lancellotti pitching

1 min read

Songs of inspiration

Two women in doula training session.

1 min read

Training Black doulas to serve Black women

Researcher putting on a hazmat suit.

5 min read

READDI, not Reactive

Chad Pecot stands speaking in lab, while a woman works at a workbench.

1 min read

Muting genetic mutations