Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

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NCGrowth: Bolstering Businesses, Boosting Economies

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3 min read

CCPS: 'Of the Public, for the Public'

Vance L. Horner II and Shaida Jarrahi Horner smile for a photo with library bookshelves in the background.

1 min read

Extending beyond library walls

Researchers at the Gfeller Center affix an apparatus to a subject's head for concussion research

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Redefining concussion protocols

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8 min read

Advancing Cancer Research and Care Across Carolina and the Globe

Elizabeth Manekin stands surrounded by pottery as she presents to a class.

3 min read

When galleries become classrooms

David Hesmer smiles in the Hingtgen lab.

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From cancer patient to volunteer

Chandler Simpson sits on the floor of a room that has sustainable fashion messaging painted on the walls and is looking at a mannequin that is wrapped up in red ribbons with her face marked out with red paint.

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The fashion of sustainability

Taylor Doggett poses at the Mya Thein Than Pagoda in Min Kun, Myanmar.

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The pursuit of passion

Andrew Satterlee, Shawn Hingtgen and Alison Mercer-Smith standing in a lab, facing the viewer.

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Minds meet hearts in the hunt for a cure

Sam Lai smiles with lab supplies in the background.

2 min read

The tools to change the world

Leaf Huang smiles in a lab.

2 min read

Propelling into success