Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

Man peers down at his phone in one hand while being surrounded by trees.

4 min read

Senior researches cicadas’ impact on local food web

Gregory Characklis sits at a table with one leg crossed and a map in the background.

4 min read

Ask a Professor: Gregory Characklis on risk management

Illustration representing the new Institute for Risk Management and Insurance Innovation, which will accelerate research on extreme weather and cybersecurity, featuring illustrations of a woman walking and icons representing markets, cybersecurity and weather

3 min read

Institute translates environmental threats into financial risks

An aerial shot of the Galapagos Science Center with a beach in the foreground

5 min read

Inaugural Kenan Galapagos Fellows launch new research

A closeup of fingers holding a small fish in a clear plastic sample box

9 min read

From riverbanks to labs

A collage showing the Olympic rings and four students with Parisian icons

8 min read

Ringing in the Summer Olympics

Jinsong Huang stands in a lab next to a window holding a solar panel

3 min read

Ask a Professor: Jinsong Huang

BurchFellow

3 min read

Burch Fellows explore hidden side of Olympic Games

Kat Goodpaster in front of the FedEx Global Education Center.

4 min read

Global Heel: Kat Goodpaster

Karen Jordan calling for the UNC crew team as coxswain.

3 min read

Steering toward sustainability

Navin Banat sits behind a table holding a book.

3 min read

Ask a Professor: Navin Bapat

Rada Petric sits on a rock at a campsite with her hands resting on a hiking backpack. A white dog is in the background.

3 min read

Join the BatPack to help conserve bats