Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

Ben Speas kneeling on the soccer field and pointing skyward in celebration.

7 min read

Carolina Champions: Ben Speas

Mason Murr in front of Eiffel Tower

5 min read

Olympic gold legacy

A collage showing the Olympic rings and four students with Parisian icons

8 min read

Ringing in the Summer Olympics

Lindsey Smith Taillie by cereal

7 min read

A spoonful of policy

Dan Reuland

3 min read

Reuland Awarded Robert A. Ingram Distinguished Professorship

Exterior of the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health.

4 min read

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

Karen Jordan calling for the UNC crew team as coxswain.

3 min read

Steering toward sustainability

A sea lion is perched on a rock underwater with his head pointing up above the waterline

6 min read

Kenan Galapagos Fellows Program launches fall 2024

Nikin and Rashmi Shah with their three children in front of a UNC sign.

4 min read

A Family’s Legacy of Education and Curiosity

Carmichael Lobby dedication

3 min read

UNC coach’s legacy cemented forever

Klaus Hahn

3 min read

Hahn Awarded CZI Grant to Monitor, Manipulate Proteins Important in Nervous System Function, Neurological Disease

Heart graphic

3 min read

How to heal a broken heart