Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

Person sitting in a chair, working on laptop in the Launch Chapel Hill space.

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Launching local innovation

An Indian woman in a sari stands in a field of solar panels.

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Investing in the future of sustainable business

A Carolina student faces a crowd at a commencement ceremony.

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Preparing graduate students for the future of work outside academia

Anita Brown-Graham poses outside on UNC-Chapel Hill's campus.

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Preparing the Workforce for Economic Recovery

Je'nique Harewood smiling for a photo as she leans against a brick wall.

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Representing the very best

A photo of downtown Kinston with American flag.

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Giving local governments a boost

A line of university students hike across a ridge in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina.

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All over the GLOBE

Office space with a "Chapel Hill" light-up sign on the wall.

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Launching into the future

Engraving from the Florence Fearrington collection at UNC-Chapel Hill Libraries

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The gift of wonder: Rare book collection coming to Carolina

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Maintaining Normalcy

UNC-Chapel Hill Professor Anusha Chari poses against a railing in the Fedex Global Education Center.

4 min read

India Rising

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Innovate Carolina: Projects to Watch