Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

Side by side waist-up portraits of Matt Bernacki (left) and Jeff Greene (right).

4 min read

Ask a Professor: Jeff Greene and Matt Bernacki

Navin Banat sits behind a table holding a book.

3 min read

Ask a Professor: Navin Bapat

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

Former Blue Sky Scholar Delancy Allred sits at the teacher's desk in a classroom

1 min read

A career launched

Pasuth Thothaveesansuk smiles for a photo on Polk Place, with Wilson Library in the background.

2 min read

Telling a missing story

Christian Lentz (center) with friends in Vietnam.

2 min read

Faculty residency bolsters Southeast Asian Studies

Athletes do pushups in a gym.

6 min read

Power Hour

Maya Bracy stands in front of Peabody Hall, home of the UNC School of Education.

2 min read

Education beyond school

Marisa Marraccini smiling for a photograph

3 min read

Program to create improved social media resources for adolescent mental health receives C. Felix Harvey Award

Phone screen with social media apps and a finger selecting an app.

2 min read

Tackling crisis of teens and screens

Keith Sawyer sits in front of Peabody Hall with an assortment of trinkets and toys.

2 min read

Learning the creative process

A portrait of Dorothy Espelage.

2 min read

International forums and worldwide problems