Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

Blue Sky Scholar Zoey Ainsworth poses for an outdoor portrait.

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Learning with heart

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

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Exhibit adds splash of 'Color'

Black and white portrait of Nabarun Dasgupta.

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The objective? Save lives.

Aerial view of UNC-Chapel Hill campus at night.

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Zietlow Fellows foster community

Students clear debris in western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene. One student stands smiling at the camera while holding a shovel.

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Mentors, mountains and a mission

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

Pepper Dowd

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The Legacy of Pepper Dowd: 50 Years of Philanthropy

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

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The arc of a Covenant Scholar

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

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Actor and advocate

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

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A beautiful surprise

Maribel Borger and other members of the Rural Medicine Pathway Program stand outside of the home they helped remove debris from.

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Aligned with the mission