Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

A close-up view of Stephen Eckel holding his IV dosing device

8 min read

Donor funding bridges innovation ‘valley of death’

Three people pose and smile in a lab.

4 min read

Eyes on the brain

Man in blue suit speaking into a microphone on stage with blue curtains behind him.

5 min read

Leading with gratitude

Frank Leibfarth working in a lab.

4 min read

Supporting Carolina chemists

Keith Sawyer faces the camera with fun expression and hands in the air; a blackboard with water drop motif is in the background

4 min read

Ask a Professor: Keith Sawyer

Joe Spencer holds a certificate for a perfect sanitation rating beside his hot dog stand.

4 min read

Blue skies, red dogs and all the toppings

Nora Elsayed and Hunter Vaughan stand side by side with arms crossed

5 min read

Leading now and into the future

Andres Valdiri gives a presentation wearing a suit and tie shown from the waist up

2 min read

An entrepreneurial spirit

Jinsong Huang and Ying Zhou work on the computer.

2 min read

Safe, cost-effective imaging

Portrait of Saravanan Kesavan.

2 min read

Analyzing artificial intelligence

Napoleon Wallacesmiling

1 min read

Leading a fulfilling life

Students working with computers and various devices in a lab.

2 min read

Shaping future engineers