Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

Susan Gravely and Bill Ross gaze at each other on a balcony overlooking the city of Florence.

5 min read

Giving the Gift of Global Education

A screenshot of UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health Humanitarian Health fellows and volunteers.

4 min read

Students on the Frontlines of Humanitarian Health

Carolina alumnus Will Jung conducts an orchestra.

4 min read

Bridging Music and Language

Francisco Laso and his fellow researchers launch a drone on the Galapagos Islands.

4 min read

Putting Galapagos Farmers on the Map

A Carolina student faces a crowd at a commencement ceremony.

6 min read

Preparing graduate students for the future of work outside academia

Samantha Garcia Cruz

2 min read

Transferring, researching, excelling

Purshotam Aruwani sitting at a desk with a computer and monitor.

1 min read

A summer in public safety

O'Flanagan and Pinto

2 min read

Women supporting women

Joe Brown poses in the foreground of a lab.

4 min read

A Human Right

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7 min read

Where the Water Will Rise

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6 min read

What is ‘safe’ sanitation?

A group of Chancellor’s Science Scholars conduct a chemistry experiment in the lab of Dr. David Nicewicz.

1 min read

Supporting the next generation of leaders