Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

Travis Williams speaks with a patient at MAHEC Family Medical Center

3 min read

Going Where They Are Needed Most

Portrait of Courtney Chaaban.

2 min read

Analyzing adolescent ACLs

The music room at NC Children's Hospital with a view of Carolina water tower.

2 min read

Bringing music to pediatric therapies

A large spectrometer

2 min read

A massive discovery

A side-by-side image showing Frank Ivy Carroll as a young man and in 2022.

1 min read

A life prioritizing education

Angela and Richard Workman and Interim Dean Ed Swift post at the UNC Adams School

5 min read

Reinventing modern dental education

Side by side portraits of Rebecca Grzadzinski (left) and Jose Rodriguez-Romageura (left)

3 min read

Breakthroughs in Early Intervention

Jamiel and Shayne Owens smiling at each other on a city sidewalk

4 min read

Bringing Autism Fathers Together

Hands using a phone touchscreen

2 min read

Studying technology and teen mental health

Two researchers look at a chart on a computer.

2 min read

Leading opioid safety research

Noah standing with his arms crossed

1 min read

Combining interests

Brandon Feaster in a white lab coat on campus at UNC-Chapel Hill

1 min read

A meaningful support network