Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

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

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

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

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Institute translates environmental threats into financial risks

Person smiling making coffee.

2 min read

Research leading to less loneliness

Deshpande sitting in front of a tree

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Solving supply chain challenges

People walking past helped wanted sign.

2 min read

Where are the workers?

A woman negotiates in a conference room.

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Negotiating with stereotypes

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.

2 min read

Tackling crisis of teens and screens

Doctor at desk with head in hands.

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STEPPS to address physician stress

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

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Democracy in the digital age