Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

A portrait of Thomas Wadden

2 min read

Empowering clinical psychology graduate students

Angela and Richard Workman and Interim Dean Ed Swift post at the UNC Adams School

5 min read

Reinventing modern dental education

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

4 min read

Bringing Autism Fathers Together

Two researchers look at a chart on a computer.

2 min read

Leading opioid safety research

Pravenna standing in front of a wall covered in newspaper articles, smiling

2 min read

The gift of experience

Carolina Covenant Scholar Lindsay Corbett poses outside on UNC's campus.

4 min read

Building a Family of Scholars

Portrait of Whitney Nobel standing in front of the Old Well

4 min read

Stepping Ahead

Portrait of Matthew Wood running up the stairs at Kenan Stadium

7 min read

Graduating debt-free? ‘That’s crazy!’

Ashley Medina plays the flute

3 min read

A Call to Serve

Daniel Bowen (right) meets with Ross Tompkins, assistant to the town manager, to discuss Chapel Hill's sustainability initiative.

2 min read

Giving back to the community

SECU Foundation members holding check

2 min read

Investing in local leadership

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

2 min read

Launching local innovation