Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

Portrait of Greg Characklis.

2 min read

Uncovering secondary damage

Kelley Altman Greer stands in front of Wilson Library.

1 min read

Supporting interdisciplinary autism research

Dr. Joe Piven stands in front of a MRI machine

1 min read

Supporting midlife autistic adults

Hooper Schultz stands on campus at UNC

2 min read

Sharing Southern stories

Shayla Douglas stands in downtown Garner

2 min read

Leading locally

Ana Zurita Posas, Scott Hamilton, and Kevin Guskiewicz stand chatting at the GoldenLEAF Luncheon.

3 min read

Supporting North Carolina’s rural communities

Veteran Matthew Colon stands in a barn with a horse, facing the camera. An American flag is in the background.

10 min read

Helping Veterans Thrive

Ken Donny-Clark stands in a forest.

2 min read

Hunting for hemlocks

Kristina Hefferle wearing a headlamp and purple rain jacket crouches beside a leaf-strewn stream in a forest, searching among rocks and leaf litter for salamanders.

1 min watch

Seeking salamanders

Marisa Marraccini smiling for a photograph

3 min read

Program to create improved social media resources for adolescent mental health receives C. Felix Harvey Award

Phone screen with social media apps and a finger selecting an app.

2 min read

Tackling crisis of teens and screens

UNC Makerspace employees taking a RYOBI training via video call.

2 min read

A greater toolkit