Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

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

8 min read

How damaged brains recover

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

3 min read

Ask a Professor: David Weber on flu season protections

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

7 min read

Forty years of hope

The three Martinez sisters pose at the twins' graduation

6 min read

A family of scholars

Dan Reuland

3 min read

Reuland Awarded Robert A. Ingram Distinguished Professorship

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

4 min read

A Family’s Legacy of Education and Curiosity

Klaus Hahn

3 min read

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

Heart graphic

3 min read

How to heal a broken heart

A doctor performs a sonograph.

2 min read

Making ultrasounds universal

organ_donor_illustration

3 min read

Smarter Organ Transplants

Portrait of Aziz Sancar.

2 min read

Killing cancerous brain cells

Eric Weimer and Katherine Newhall stand together in a lab, looking at a tablet.

2 min read

Improving organ transplantation