Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

Four Morehead-Cain Scholars pose seated on a picnic table with trees and a lake in the background.

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Innovating AI services for the aging

Mina Bayraktar stands in front of the doors of Grand National Assembly of Turkey.

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Beyond the Well: Reaching out, returning home

Portrait of Alexander Tropsha wearing a light blue button down shirt.

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Ask a Professor: Alexander Tropsha on AI tools for drug discovery

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

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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.

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AI innovation in obstetrics

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.

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Ask a Professor: Marisa Porto on AI in the newsroom

Rahima Benhabbour peers up to the left corner of the image with a ring light and blue background behind her.

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A ring of hope

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

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Adobe executive talks AI policy

Three people stand next to the Galapagos Science Center sign in the Galapagos.

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A world of support

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

4 min read

Top 10 Carolina Stories 2024

Matthew Thornton looks into the distance with the Bell Tower in the background.

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A passion for math leads to a new path

Five people take a selfie outdoors under a patio umbrella at night.

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Q&A: Ebon Freeman-James