Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

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

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

Brandon Feaster in a white lab coat on campus at UNC-Chapel Hill

1 min read

A meaningful support network

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

9 min read

Collaborating for a Cure

Kainat Aslam

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Creating a Pathway

Portrait of Whitney Nobel standing in front of the Old Well

4 min read

Stepping Ahead

Jason P. Mihalik, PhD, co-director, Matthew A. Gfeller Sport-Related Traumatic Brain Injury Research Center; Terry Rhodes, PhD, dean, College of Arts & Sciences; Dr. James Kelly, executive director, Marcus Institute for Brain Health; Kevin Guskiewicz, PhD, chancellor

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Treating Traumatic Brain Injury in Veterans

Joey Lancellotti pitching

1 min read

Songs of inspiration

Two women in doula training session.

1 min read

Training Black doulas to serve Black women

Nurse-patient interaction.

1 min read

Adapting health care

UNC Mobile Health Clinic

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UNC Health Mobile Health Clinic