Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

Alison Stuebe and Herbert Peterson stand in front of a rail with an atrium in the background.

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Ensuring healthier families

Shawn Hingtgen smiles at a microscope.

2 min read

Hunting down brain tumors

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Building a Culture of Impact

Football player wears black vest that reads Engineered to the exact specifications of the UNC Tar Heels.

2 min read

Giving to the future

1 min read

A New Hope is Born

Students pointing to a laptop and having a discussion during a nursing class.

2 min read

Nurse. Scientist. Educator. Leader.

Zena Cardman stands on a runway wearing a NASA suit and holding a helmet, with a plane in the background.

1 min read

Practice for Mars

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2 min read

How to get to Sesame Street

Joseph Piven and colleague look at brain scans on computers.

1 min watch

A first-of-its-kind way to predict autism

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1 min read

Keeping it going

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1 min read

Oh the humanities!

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2 min read

Fast tracking rare disease research