Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

Side by side portraits of Rebecca Grzadzinski (left) and Jose Rodriguez-Romageura (left)

3 min read

Breakthroughs in Early Intervention

Broadcast studio inside the Curtis Media Center, with a desk and large screen to the side like in a professional news studio

3 min read

A Place for 'Dreamers and Believers'

Jamiel and Shayne Owens smiling at each other on a city sidewalk

4 min read

Bringing Autism Fathers Together

Hands using a phone touchscreen

2 min read

Studying technology and teen mental health

An engraving of two indigenous people of North Carolina by Theodor de Bry

4 min read

Michael N. Joyner ’77 Donates Collection of Rare Engravings

Two researchers look at a chart on a computer.

2 min read

Leading opioid safety research

Noah standing with his arms crossed

1 min read

Combining interests

Dalal holding a UNC branded umbrella

1 min read

Resilience built on opportunity

Cameron working in a lab with instruments in hand

2 min read

Single-cell solutions

Ronit Freeman holds a coronavirus model

2 min read

Developing a sweeter COVID-19 test

Dr. David Drewry at the Genetic Medicine Building on the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill .

9 min read

Collaborating for a Cure

Rich Preyer and Marilyn Jacobs Preyer

1 min read

Reducing breast cancer disparities and barriers to care