Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

A closeup of fingers holding a small fish in a clear plastic sample box

9 min read

From riverbanks to labs

A collage showing the Olympic rings and four students with Parisian icons

8 min read

Ringing in the Summer Olympics

Kat Goodpaster in front of the FedEx Global Education Center.

4 min read

Global Heel: Kat Goodpaster

A person writing a letter.

4 min read

The lost art of letters

Picture of Lauren Baker smiling

4 min read

A student’s guide to well-being

Jane Ellison takes her glasses off as she speaks behind a podium. The photo is framed in blue and says 50 Years, Board of Visitors

4 min read

Q&A with Jane Ellison: ‘Everyone has something to give’

Lauren Schultes poses for a photo

4 min read

A pitch-perfect career

Heart graphic

3 min read

How to heal a broken heart

Siblings Elijah and Ilianamaria Brown

3 min read

Siblings guide the next generation

Blue Sky Scholar Heather Norland poses in front of the Old Well

2 min read

She sees a future in optometry

Carolina Blue Sky Scholar Lamin Saidy poses with arms crossed facing the camera under a portico

2 min read

An opportunity to grow

Former Blue Sky Scholar Delancy Allred sits at the teacher's desk in a classroom

1 min read

A career launched