Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

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3 min read

Ask a Professor: Jason Surratt on potential air pollution from harmful algal blooms

Three people pose and smile in a lab.

4 min read

Eyes on the brain

Portrait of a man with glasses and short hair wearing a black suit.

4 min read

Ask a Professor: Jan-Benedict Steenkamp on the history of leaders

Frank Leibfarth working in a lab.

4 min read

Supporting Carolina chemists

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4 min read

Ask a Professor: Maria Savasta-Kennedy on well water safety

Two hands wearing gardening gloves push down on dirt surrounding a small plant.

5 min read

Gardens ‘for students by students’

Portrait of Heather Wasser with a blue background.

3 min read

Applying global research to local disasters

Portrait of woman with brown hair smiling up against a two-toned blue background.

4 min read

Ask a Professor: Julia Rager on urban wildfire risks

Left: Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Gene Roberts ’54; Right: An 1895 woodblock print by Kobayashi Kiyochika

4 min read

Top 10 Carolina Stories 2024

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

Keith Sawyer faces the camera with fun expression and hands in the air; a blackboard with water drop motif is in the background

4 min read

Ask a Professor: Keith Sawyer