Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

Sheila Kannappan and Mugdha Polimera

2 min read

Finding hidden black holes

Portrait of Bramwell sitting on a bench smiling

1 min read

Reshaping pieces of history

Emily Harmon holding a net while standing on a thigh deep water level lake

1 min read

Plasticity and evolution

UNC PhD student Riley Vickers stands in front of a pond at Carolina's North Forest.

6 min read

Membranes and Modeling

Whitmore looks out over the field site.

1 min watch

A project of her own

Jeliyah Clark smiling with campus in the backdrop and a blue geometric overlay.

4 min read

Multiplier Effect

2 min read

Promoting equitable education

1 min read

Researching the senses

Christine Mikeska and Ben Arbuckle with an assemblage of bones from an archaeological dig.

4 min read

Analyzing Ancient Animal Remains

Francisco Laso and his fellow researchers launch a drone on the Galapagos Islands.

4 min read

Putting Galapagos Farmers on the Map

Diamond Holloman, a PhD candidate at UNC-Chapel Hill, listens to Malinda Maynor Lowery, co-director of Southern futures at a meeting in a community center in Robeson County.

2 min read

The Human Side of Research

2 min read

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