Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

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

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Ask a Professor: Rada Petric

Jed Atkins in front of the Old Well

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Meet Jed Atkins, SCiLL director and dean

Student working in lab.

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Teaching beyond the scope of a classroom

Mathias Zimba stands with two mothers in front of a home in rural Zambia

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Meet Mathias Zimba, executive director of Rising Fountains

Hayley Cartee throws sticky notes in the air during a performance of Every Brilliant Thing.

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‘Every Brilliant Thing’ uses theater to build resilience

Left to right: Dr. Dana Lebo; Hilary Lithgow; Sam Rodriguez (submitted photo)

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Empowering veterans in unconventional ways

Kessler Scholar Emily Shipway stands on a rooftop leaning against a railing with trees and sky in the background

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Kessler Scholar finds a family

Candice Williams, Director of the Carolina Covenant

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Celebrating milestones

Karen Shelton stands in Karen Shelton stadium.

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Lessons beyond the field

Athletes do pushups in a gym.

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Power Hour

UNC School of Social Work Dean Ramona Denby-Brinson.

2 min read

Addressing kinship care

UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy building.

2 min read

Sustainable rural care