Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

Enrique Rojas-Martinez

1 min read

Pursuing a dream

Office space with a "Chapel Hill" light-up sign on the wall.

2 min read

Launching into the future

Valentina Arismendi

2 min read

An unconventional path to success

Kyara Drew in front of the Old Well.

3 min read

Inspired by those who serve

Maria Tiznado posing on UNC's campus

4 min read

‘An asset to our institution’

Sign unveiling the new name of the UNC School of Dentistry. It reads "UNC Adams School of Dentistry."

7 min read

Four Premier Dental Schools Form Global Alliance

Painting at the Ackland Art Museum

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Teaching while learning — the student guide experience

Hanging posters promoting the Ackland Art Museum

2 min read

Building a Foundation

Diamond Holloman, a PhD candidate at UNC-Chapel Hill, listens to Malinda Maynor Lowery, co-director of Southern futures at a meeting in a community center in Robeson County.

2 min read

The Human Side of Research

Carolina student working with Galapagos natives.

2 min read

Sustaining families in the Galapagos Islands

Three little girls play inside a red tunnel on a playground.

2 min read

Pipeline to child development

A photo of Nancy and Bill Graham with Lisa Carey, MD, FASCO.

1 min read

Grateful patient and husband establish breast cancer research fund