Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

Rick Margerison and his wife Leah

4 min read

The Power of a Scholarship

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

Kainat Aslam

3 min read

Creating a Pathway

Portrait of Whitney Nobel standing in front of the Old Well

4 min read

Stepping Ahead

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

Cassidy Harding smiling

2 min read

Shaping her future

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

The UNC Asian American Center celebrates the opening of its physical location with a ribbon-cutting event and look inside the center.

2 min read

‘Where I can be myself’