Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

A portrait of Sarah Dempsey.

3 min read

Ask a Professor: Sarah E. Dempsey

Kat Goodpaster in front of the FedEx Global Education Center.

4 min read

Global Heel: Kat Goodpaster

Navin Banat sits behind a table holding a book.

3 min read

Ask a Professor: Navin Bapat

Mathias Zimba stands with two mothers in front of a home in rural Zambia

3 min read

Meet Mathias Zimba, executive director of Rising Fountains

Pasuth Thothaveesansuk smiles for a photo on Polk Place, with Wilson Library in the background.

2 min read

Telling a missing story

Person smiling making coffee.

2 min read

Research leading to less loneliness

Christian Lentz (center) with friends in Vietnam.

2 min read

Faculty residency bolsters Southeast Asian Studies

Portrait of Daniel Johnson in front of a black background.

3 min read

Active-duty journalism

Raul Reis stands in front of a doorway.

2 min read

Fostering collaboration and community

Phone screen with social media apps and a finger selecting an app.

2 min read

Tackling crisis of teens and screens

Tori Smith Ekstrand in front of a wall featuring the United State Constitution.

2 min read

Back to Carolina

Researchers stand in front of a screen that displays social media posts

1 min read

Democracy in the digital age