Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

Left: Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Gene Roberts ’54; Right: An 1895 woodblock print by Kobayashi Kiyochika

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Top 10 Carolina Stories 2024

Exterior of the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health.

4 min read

Beech Award recognizes Atkinson’s use of data to confront disparities

Dante Pittman stands with hand on hips with Whirligig Park in the background

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Going back to where he started

Pamela Brewington stands in front of the North Carolina Administration Building.

5 min read

No higher calling

Shayla Douglas stands in downtown Garner

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Leading locally

Joe Nail poses for a portrait outdoors, surrounded by silver tables.

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Making government jobs cool again

Sharon and Doug Rothwell smile with a city landscape in the background.

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MPA excellence: Preparing the next generation