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

Carolina Stories

Meghan Parker leans on Cam's shoulder at Titus' funeral.

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Titus strong

Greg Scherrer and five members of his lab pose in his lab

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Developing non-addictive pain meds

Portrait of Kristy Ainslie leaning against a whiteboard bordered by blue and white argyle pattern.

3 min read

Ask a Professor: Kristy Ainslie on a new type of vaccine

A finger skims the page of a 19th-century doctors' notes in a daybook from the Wilson Special Collections Library

5 min read

A match met, a fellowship forever

Three people pose and smile in a lab.

4 min read

Eyes on the brain

Photo collage depicting students and staff volunteering to provide families and children with food resources.

4 min read

Fighting hunger, feeding hope

Richard Saver poses for the camera with the law school building in the background

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Ask a Professor: Richard Saver on neural implants' intangible risks

Professor Flavio Frohlich faces the camera seated at a desk wearing tACS head-gear

4 min read

Top 12 Carolina Stories 2025

Kurt Ribisl smiles, facing the camera, with left hand on hip and the Gillings School of Global Public Health lobby blurred in the background.

3 min read

Ask a Professor: Kurt M. Ribisl on big vape’s paper trail

Dr. Aziz Sancar poses for a portrait in lab with his research team.

4 min read

A new hope for brain cancer

Nabarun Dasgupta stands smiling with arms crossed with a colorful artwork in the background.

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Nabarun Dasgupta wins MacArthur ‘genius grant’

RJ and Rameses point at the camera in a campus food pantry, with jars of peanut butter in the foreground.

4 min read

When competition feeds a cause