Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

Rick Luettich stands on a pier with a seagull flying in the background.

2 min read

Engineering in the environment

Two hands hold a collection of rocks.

2 min read

Exploration and preparation

Neta Mishly smiles in front of a window.

2 min read

Promoting peace, piece-by-piece

Camara sits in front of digitized Pulaar manuscripts.

2 min read

Preserving Pulaar poetry

Simone_Scholarship

8 min read

Going Beyond the Classroom

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

1 min read

Plasticity and evolution

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

6 min read

Membranes and Modeling

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

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

Jeliyah Clark smiling with campus in the backdrop and a blue geometric overlay.

4 min read

Multiplier Effect