Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

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

5 min read

Inaugural Kenan Galapagos Fellows launch new research

Found sitting at a classroom desk.

5 min read

Together, we propel the world

Keith Sawyer faces the camera with fun expression and hands in the air; a blackboard with water drop motif is in the background

4 min read

Ask a Professor: Keith Sawyer

Chancellor Lee H. Roberts shaking attendees hands at an event welcoming him as Carolina's 13th chancellor on Aug. 9, 2024, at Kenan Center. (Jon Gardiner/UNC-Chapel Hill)

3 min read

Carolina welcomes Lee H. Roberts as 13th chancellor

A closeup of fingers holding a small fish in a clear plastic sample box

9 min read

From riverbanks to labs

Jinsong Huang stands in a lab next to a window holding a solar panel

3 min read

Ask a Professor: Jinsong Huang

Lindsey Smith Taillie by cereal

7 min read

A spoonful of policy

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4 min read

Desirée Rieckenberg lifts students in need

A portrait of Naomi Andre facing the camera on a gray background

3 min read

Ask a Professor: Naomi André

A portrait of Sarah Dempsey.

3 min read

Ask a Professor: Sarah E. Dempsey

Dan Reuland

3 min read

Reuland Awarded Robert A. Ingram Distinguished Professorship

Alt text: Rhiannon Giddens (Photo by Ebru Yildiz)

6 min read

Advocacy, connection and joy: highlights from Rhiannon Giddens