Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

Aerial view of UNC-Chapel Hill campus at night.

8 min read

Zietlow Fellows foster community

Nathan Townsend stands on a professional baseball field on a sunny day.

4 min read

Intern shares analytics model with Japanese baseball team

Jeffrey Stringer sits in a chair and smiles facing the camera with ultrasound images patterned on the wall behind him.

8 min read

AI innovation in obstetrics

Pepper Dowd

4 min read

The Legacy of Pepper Dowd: 50 Years of Philanthropy

Marisa Porto sits at a desk wearing a bright blue suit jacket with a black undershirt. She has one hand placed on her laptop and the other around a mug.

3 min read

Ask a Professor: Marisa Porto on AI in the newsroom

A violinist plays in an auditorium while a person wears a cap with multiple sensors during a brain mapping performance.

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When music meets the mind

Portrait of Jennifer Mulveny facing the left side of the image with a blue circle graphic behind her.

3 min read

Adobe executive talks AI policy

Portrait of Ariayana Harrell smiling with UNC-Chapel Hill campus in the background.

4 min read

The arc of a Covenant Scholar

Portrait of Bella Garcia against textured cream background with thin Carolina blue line.

3 min read

Actor and advocate

Dalili sits outside. on the steps of the Bell Tower.

4 min read

A beautiful surprise

A portrait of Kathleen DuVal, smiling, on a cream background with a blue textured circle.

3 min read

Professor wins Cundill History Prize

Portrait of Professor Blair Kelley on a Carolina blue background

3 min read

Ask a Professor: Blair Kelley on the Black working class