Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

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Ask a Professor: Jason Surratt on potential air pollution from harmful algal blooms

A shoulders up portrait of Anne Maheux on a Carolina blue illustrated background.

4 min read

Ask a Professor: Anne Maheux on generative AI use among adolescents

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

Portrait of Heather Wasser with a blue background.

3 min read

Applying global research to local disasters

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4 min read

Ask a Professor: Julia Rager on urban wildfire risks

Gregory Characklis sits at a table with one leg crossed and a map in the background.

4 min read

Ask a Professor: Gregory Characklis on risk management

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

3 min read

Ask a Professor: Jinsong Huang

A harvest mouse perches on a branch of blackberries.

6 min read

A field guide to small animals

Three men in hardhats stand in a water treatment plant. The man in the middle is pointing at a piece of equipment.

1 min read

Flowing together

Rada Petric releases a bat at night - the bat is in the foreground flying toward the camera

2 min read

Ask a Professor: Rada Petric

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4 min read

Carolina research takes the world stage

Frank Leibfarth in lab wearing a dark blue jump suit.

2 min read

Translating discovery into solutions