Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

Rada Petric releases a bat at night - the bat is in the foreground flying toward the camera

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Ask a Professor: Rada Petric

Jane Ellison takes her glasses off as she speaks behind a podium. The photo is framed in blue and says 50 Years, Board of Visitors

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Q&A with Jane Ellison: ‘Everyone has something to give’

AI-generated image of Rameses wearing a red, white and blue outfit and hat, in front of a stylized American flag

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Celebrating a presidential day

Gustavo Gonzalez

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Embracing every opportunity

Maggie Ambrose faces the camera with sand and sea behind her

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Making the most of Carolina’s makerspaces

Louise Hoff taking on skateboard

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Skateboarding and public health provide a transformative journey at Carolina

Nora Elsayed and Hunter Vaughan stand side by side with arms crossed

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Leading now and into the future

Carolina Blue Sky Scholar Lamin Saidy poses with arms crossed facing the camera under a portico

2 min read

An opportunity to grow

Carolina Cupboard Volunteers

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Tackling N.C. State on the field and hunger off the field

Kessler Scholar Emily Shipway stands on a rooftop leaning against a railing with trees and sky in the background

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Kessler Scholar finds a family

Ruitian Yan leans against a railing facing the camera outdoors.

2 min read

Community-based climate research

Frank Leibfarth in lab wearing a dark blue jump suit.

2 min read

Translating discovery into solutions