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

Cameron working in a lab with instruments in hand

2 min read

Single-cell solutions

Ronit Freeman holds a coronavirus model

2 min read

Developing a sweeter COVID-19 test

Dr. David Drewry at the Genetic Medicine Building on the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill .

9 min read

Collaborating for a Cure

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

Rich Preyer and Marilyn Jacobs Preyer

1 min read

Reducing breast cancer disparities and barriers to care

drawing of a brain

1 min read

A joint effort

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