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.

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

Michelle Itano works with microscopes in her lab.

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Maestro of microscopy

Richards examining a specimen at Harvard University.

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Passion for paleontology

Roy Smith and his wife pose in front of a lake alongside a portrait of Roy when he was a college student.

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A world of possibility and promise

Maribel Borger poses on the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill.

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Helping Others Succeed

Terry Long holds up a petri dish containing small green plants.

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Farm to lab

Keshav Patel smiles with Polk Place in the background.

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Going in a new direction

Sepia tone photo of Robert Fuchgott in front of a blackboard with equations.

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Make things tick

Two men and one woman smiling and posing in front of a flight of brick steps.

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Only a spark

Zena Cardman stands on a runway wearing a NASA suit and holding a helmet, with a plane in the background.

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Practice for Mars

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Keeping it going