Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

Person with short auburn hand stands on the terrace of a building wearing a white collared blouse and black suit jacket.

4 min read

Ask a Professor: Maria Savasta-Kennedy on well water safety

Five people take a selfie outdoors under a patio umbrella at night.

4 min read

Q&A: Ebon Freeman-James

Mathias Zimba stands with two mothers in front of a home in rural Zambia

3 min read

Meet Mathias Zimba, executive director of Rising Fountains

Hayley Cartee throws sticky notes in the air during a performance of Every Brilliant Thing.

2 min read

‘Every Brilliant Thing’ uses theater to build resilience

UNC School of Social Work Dean Ramona Denby-Brinson.

2 min read

Addressing kinship care

Ilana Shtivelman in front of the UNC Veterans Resource Center.

1 min read

Serving veterans through social work

Portrait of John Spencer with his purple heart.

2 min read

Correcting the record

UNC-Chapel Hill Old Well with colorful fall leaves

2 min read

Fortifying Local Economies

Sarah Hoffman portrait

4 min read

An advocate for mental health

Five Carolina Law students, accompanied by Dean Martin Brinkley and Professor Lissa Broome at the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg.

2 min read

Gaining Mutual Understanding

Lantinx students

1 min read

Understanding gaps

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3 min read

Innovate Carolina: Projects to Watch