Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

Rahima Benhabbour peers up to the left corner of the image with a ring light and blue background behind her.

6 min read

A ring of hope

Three people stand next to the Galapagos Science Center sign in the Galapagos.

6 min read

A world of support

South Building at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

3 min read

In SCiLL pilot, students to exercise free expression, civil discourse

Five people take a selfie outdoors under a patio umbrella at night.

4 min read

Q&A: Ebon Freeman-James

A collage showing the Olympic rings and four students with Parisian icons

8 min read

Ringing in the Summer Olympics

BurchFellow

3 min read

Burch Fellows explore hidden side of Olympic Games

A portrait of Naomi Andre facing the camera on a gray background

3 min read

Ask a Professor: Naomi André

Kat Goodpaster in front of the FedEx Global Education Center.

4 min read

Global Heel: Kat Goodpaster

Navin Banat sits behind a table holding a book.

3 min read

Ask a Professor: Navin Bapat

Jed Atkins in front of the Old Well

4 min read

Meet Jed Atkins, SCiLL director and dean

Mathias Zimba stands with two mothers in front of a home in rural Zambia

3 min read

Meet Mathias Zimba, executive director of Rising Fountains

Dante Pittman stands with hand on hips with Whirligig Park in the background

3 min read

Going back to where he started