Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

Dalal holding a UNC branded umbrella

1 min read

Resilience built on opportunity

Emily Harmon holding a net while standing on a thigh deep water level lake

1 min read

Plasticity and evolution

Students working with computers and various devices in a lab.

2 min read

Shaping future engineers

Roy Smith and his wife pose in front of a lake alongside a portrait of Roy when he was a college student.

1 min read

A world of possibility and promise

UNC PhD student Riley Vickers stands in front of a pond at Carolina's North Forest.

6 min read

Membranes and Modeling

Bryn Barker and DJ Passey hold hands with their twin boys on a beach.

4 min read

Dissertations and Diapers

Lydia Rowen sits in garden

2 min read

Promoting sustainability

Whitmore looks out over the field site.

1 min watch

A project of her own

Paloma Ruiz on porch

4 min read

Writing Her Own Future

Madyson Barber in front of a sun dail

3 min read

Discovering the Answers

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

Nicolas and Jairo with all they need for a successful day – coffee, dogs and their machetes.

2 min read

Combining coffee and conservation