Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

Shelley Earp unc Lineberger

8 min read

Advancing Cancer Research and Care Across Carolina and the Globe

UNC medical student Travis Wliiams

6 min read

Going Where The Need Is Greatest

David Hesmer smiles in the Hingtgen lab.

2 min read

From cancer patient to volunteer

Chandler Simpson sits on the floor of a room that has sustainable fashion messaging painted on the walls and is looking at a mannequin that is wrapped up in red ribbons with her face marked out with red paint.

4 min read

The fashion of sustainability

Four MacDonald Community Service Scholars pose together smiling, wearing graduation cords.

3 min read

The full circle of philanthropy

2 min read

Family values helping others

Carolina student Jacky Zheng

7 min read

Carrying the Torch

Motion blurred image of patient on stretcher being brought into a hospital." Project Lazarus link opening in same window.

2 min read

No quick fixes

Daniela Alfaro smiles outdoors.

3 min read

Challenging preconceptions

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill physician and researcher Elizabeth Stringer

7 min read

Where She Needed To Be

Seth Shelden leans against a statue in front of a large building.

3 min read

Humanity is why we do it

Black and white portrait of the Dibbert family.

2 min read

A new commitment to military-affiliated students