Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

Two students work in a field.

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Crouching researcher, hidden sparrow

Eric Weimer and Katherine Newhall stand together in a lab, looking at a tablet.

2 min read

Improving organ transplantation

Vent hood in a chemistry lab at UNC.

2 min read

Striving for sustainability in drug development

Two hands hold a collection of rocks.

2 min read

Exploration and preparation

Close-up of Bryan Roth in a lab.

2 min read

Psychedelic psychiatry

Michelle Itano works with microscopes in her lab.

2 min read

Maestro of microscopy

Graphic shows two hands touching index fingers, one hand is solid blue and the other hand is made out of a webbed network design.

1 min read

Analyzing AI

Brent Harrison stands on a beach.

2 min read

Hope for hemophilia

Portrait of Courtney Chaaban.

2 min read

Analyzing adolescent ACLs

Student digs at the Huqoq site.

2 min read

Good golly, Galilee

Camara sits in front of digitized Pulaar manuscripts.

2 min read

Preserving Pulaar poetry

Sheila Kannappan and Mugdha Polimera

2 min read

Finding hidden black holes