Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

Left: Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Gene Roberts ’54; Right: An 1895 woodblock print by Kobayashi Kiyochika

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Top 10 Carolina Stories 2024

Ian Shih, Scott Tyler Albert, Sheng Song and Adam Hantman pose in front of an MRI machine in the Shih Lab.

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How damaged brains recover

A portrait of Dr. David Weber in white coat on a blue background.

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Ask a Professor: David Weber on flu season protections

Shelley Belk and Van Eure smiling in front of the Angus Barn restaurant.

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Forty years of hope

Osman in a suit smiling.

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Empowering humanity through technology

The three Martinez sisters pose at the twins' graduation

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A family of scholars

Dan Reuland

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Reuland Awarded Robert A. Ingram Distinguished Professorship

UNC School of Data Science faculty Alex McAvoy, Santiago Olivella and Harlin Lee.

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A mathematical biologist walks up to a farmer

Nikin and Rashmi Shah with their three children in front of a UNC sign.

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A Family’s Legacy of Education and Curiosity

Klaus Hahn

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Hahn Awarded CZI Grant to Monitor, Manipulate Proteins Important in Nervous System Function, Neurological Disease

Heart graphic

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How to heal a broken heart

Mikayah Locklear poses sitting on the ground outside

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Committed to her roots