Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

Three people pose and smile in a lab.

4 min read

Eyes on the brain

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

4 min read

Top 12 Carolina Stories 2025

Three people stand next to the Galapagos Science Center sign in the Galapagos.

6 min read

A world of support

Carolina women's soccer team members jump with glee on the soccer field.

4 min read

Because of you: 2024 giving highlights

Shelley Belk and Van Eure smiling in front of the Angus Barn restaurant.

7 min read

Forty years of hope

A family sits on the stone steps, including a daughter with Angelmansl.

2 min read

On the verge of breakthrough

Kelley Altman Greer stands in front of Wilson Library.

1 min read

Supporting interdisciplinary autism research

Dr. Joseph Muenzer with Cathy Bryson and Vaughn Bryson.

2 min read

Pioneering care for rare diseases

A side-by-side image showing Frank Ivy Carroll as a young man and in 2022.

1 min read

A life prioritizing education

Dr. David Drewry at the Genetic Medicine Building on the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill .

9 min read

Collaborating for a Cure

Rich Preyer and Marilyn Jacobs Preyer

1 min read

Reducing breast cancer disparities and barriers to care

A closeup portrait of Carolina student Elijah Watson with the Old Well in the background.

8 min read

'I Can't Believe I Got To Go'