Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

A collage showing the Olympic rings and four students with Parisian icons

8 min read

Ringing in the Summer Olympics

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5 min read

World-widening gift takes UNC Hussman student to Spain

A portrait of Sarah Dempsey.

3 min read

Ask a Professor: Sarah E. Dempsey

Person smiling making coffee.

2 min read

Research leading to less loneliness

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

Side-by-side portraits of Nicholas Fanatauzzi and Pareen Bhagat.

2 min read

Xpress yourself

Broadcast studio inside the Curtis Media Center, with a desk and large screen to the side like in a professional news studio

3 min read

A Place for 'Dreamers and Believers'

Pravenna standing in front of a wall covered in newspaper articles, smiling

2 min read

The gift of experience