Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

A group of faculty and students stand on the shoreline in the Galapagos with a supine seal in the foreground.

6 min read

A royal first year

Carolina women's soccer team members jump with glee on the soccer field.

4 min read

Because of you: 2024 giving highlights

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

4 min read

Top 10 Carolina Stories 2024

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

Four people stand along a creek, one person is pointing at the water

6 min read

Restore a watershed, protect an ecosystem

Turtle swims in the sea.

2 min read

Collaboration for conservation

Atencio stands on the shoreline smiling for a photo.

2 min read

Surveyor and storyteller

An Indian woman in a sari stands in a field of solar panels.

7 min read

Investing in the future of sustainable business

Kaia graduation

3 min read

Combining Disciplines for Success

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6 min read

What is ‘safe’ sanitation?

A closeup portrait of Carolina student Elijah Watson with the Old Well in the background.

8 min read

'I Can't Believe I Got To Go'

Woman speaking to man with text "powering communities" behind her.

1 min watch

A clearer vision for a cleaner world