Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

Jeremy Wang, assistant professor of genetics in the UNC School of Medicine, in front of lab equipment

7 min read

The power of partnership

Two people stand in outdoor hallway of a building.

2 min read

A convergent code

Jason P. Mihalik, PhD, co-director, Matthew A. Gfeller Sport-Related Traumatic Brain Injury Research Center; Terry Rhodes, PhD, dean, College of Arts & Sciences; Dr. James Kelly, executive director, Marcus Institute for Brain Health; Kevin Guskiewicz, PhD, chancellor

7 min read

Treating Traumatic Brain Injury in Veterans

Patients walk into the University of Zambia School of Medicine Teaching Hospital in Lusaka, Zambia.

8 min read

A new device for saving lives

A screenshot of UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health Humanitarian Health fellows and volunteers.

4 min read

Students on the Frontlines of Humanitarian Health

Sarah Hoffman portrait

4 min read

An advocate for mental health

Sarah Hoffman smiling for a photo.

1 min read

Advocating for mental health

Samantha Garcia Cruz

2 min read

Transferring, researching, excelling

Purshotam Aruwani sitting at a desk with a computer and monitor.

1 min read

A summer in public safety

Dr. Moray and students

6 min read

Helping Students Reach their Full Potential

Joe Brown poses in the foreground of a lab.

4 min read

A Human Right

Anita Brown-Graham poses outside on UNC-Chapel Hill's campus.

5 min read

Preparing the Workforce for Economic Recovery