Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

People convene in front of an art exhibit.

3 min read

‘Boys Will Be Men’ shows teens entering manhood

Students gather and smile in the front of a classroom

3 min read

Hussman students cover their first Winter Games

Professor Flavio Frohlich faces the camera seated at a desk wearing tACS head-gear

4 min read

Top 12 Carolina Stories 2025

A colorful illustration of a brain with social media icons and emojis inside it.

6 min read

Tips for parents to keep in mind when shopping for devices

Portrait of Kathleen Duval reading book against library backdrop.

4 min read

Rewriting early America

Shaun Anderson stands in the foreground with the Dean E. Smith Center in the background.

3 min read

Ask a Professor: Shaun Anderson on NIL and student-athletes’ growing support for social causes

Painting sits in a glass box on display with person passing in the background.

3 min read

Exhibit adds splash of 'Color'

A shoulders up portrait of Anne Maheux on a Carolina blue illustrated background.

4 min read

Ask a Professor: Anne Maheux on generative AI use among adolescents

A man and a woman sit side-by-side in the seats of an auditorium. The man drapes his right arm around the woman while both face the camera.

8 min read

Crafting their story

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.

1 min watch

When music meets the mind

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

3 min read

Professor wins Cundill History Prize