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

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Watching all the stars align

A conceptual rendering of the Argus Array telescope system

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Developing the world’s largest sky-survey telescope

Professor Flavio Frohlich faces the camera seated at a desk wearing tACS head-gear

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Top 12 Carolina Stories 2025

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

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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

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Top 10 Carolina Stories 2024

Person smiling making coffee.

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Research leading to less loneliness

Deshpande sitting in front of a tree

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Solving supply chain challenges

Turtle swims in the sea.

2 min read

Collaboration for conservation

Portrait of Daniel Johnson in front of a black background.

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Active-duty journalism

Phone screen with social media apps and a finger selecting an app.

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Tackling crisis of teens and screens

Researchers stand in front of a screen that displays social media posts

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Democracy in the digital age