Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

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

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

4 min read

Dissertations and Diapers

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

Portrait of Yolanda Simpson in a lab

4 min read

Taking on STEM’s biggest challenges

Nihar Vaidya working on computer

4 min read

Leading the Next Generation of Computer Scientists

Doctor showing woman an x-ray of teeth.

1 min read

Improving patient care

Ricky May, third from left, with previous Carolina Blue Honors Fellows.

1 min read

Expanding fellowship efforts

Madyson Barber smililing on campus

4 min read

Going Above and Beyond

1 min read

Researching the senses

Joel Kingsolver in Lab

1 min read

A pillar for ecosystem health