Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

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

Two students work together in the BeAM Makerspace.

2 min read

Collaboration and practice

Charlotte Dorn stands on the coast wearing a U.N.C. hat.

2 min read

Entrepreneurial engineering

Jinsong Huang and Ying Zhou work on the computer.

2 min read

Safe, cost-effective imaging

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

UNC Makerspace employees taking a RYOBI training via video call.

2 min read

A greater toolkit

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

2 min read

Learning the creative process

Portrait of Saravanan Kesavan.

2 min read

Analyzing artificial intelligence

A portrait of Dorothy Espelage.

2 min read

International forums and worldwide problems

A student uses a 3D printer.

2 min read

BeAMing up to the cloud