Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

A group of faculty and students stand on the shoreline in the Galapagos with a supine seal in the foreground.

6 min read

A royal first year

Illustration representing the new Institute for Risk Management and Insurance Innovation, which will accelerate research on extreme weather and cybersecurity, featuring illustrations of a woman walking and icons representing markets, cybersecurity and weather

3 min read

Institute translates environmental threats into financial risks

Four people stand along a creek, one person is pointing at the water

6 min read

Restore a watershed, protect an ecosystem

Turtle swims in the sea.

2 min read

Collaboration for conservation

Two researchers look at a chart on a computer.

2 min read

Leading opioid safety research

SECU Foundation members holding check

2 min read

Investing in local leadership

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

7 min read

Treating Traumatic Brain Injury in Veterans

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6 min read

What is ‘safe’ sanitation?

Lantinx students

1 min read

Understanding gaps

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7 min read

Building a better future

Woman speaking to man with text "powering communities" behind her.

1 min watch

A clearer vision for a cleaner world