Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

Nicholas Law, head of the Argus Array project, poses with a telescope beneath the Milky Way

8 min read

Watching all the stars align

A conceptual rendering of the Argus Array telescope system

6 min read

Developing the world’s largest sky-survey telescope

A colorful illustration of a brain with social media icons and emojis inside it.

6 min read

Tips for parents to keep in mind when shopping for devices

Jeffrey Stringer sits in a chair and smiles facing the camera with ultrasound images patterned on the wall behind him.

8 min read

AI innovation in obstetrics

Left: Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Gene Roberts ’54; Right: An 1895 woodblock print by Kobayashi Kiyochika

4 min read

Top 10 Carolina Stories 2024

Illustration representing the new Institute for Risk Management and Insurance Innovation, which will accelerate research on extreme weather and cybersecurity, featuring illustrations of a woman walking and icons representing markets, cybersecurity and weather

3 min read

Institute translates environmental threats into financial risks

Deshpande sitting in front of a tree

6 min read

Solving supply chain challenges

People walking past helped wanted sign.

2 min read

Where are the workers?

A woman negotiates in a conference room.

2 min read

Negotiating with stereotypes

Turtle swims in the sea.

2 min read

Collaboration for conservation

Doctor at desk with head in hands.

2 min read

STEPPS to address physician stress

Portrait of Saravanan Kesavan.

2 min read

Analyzing artificial intelligence