Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

Tim Willson stands with arms crossed with lab equipment in the background.

3 min read

Bringing the dark proteome into the light

Portrait of Aziz Sancar.

2 min read

Killing cancerous brain cells

Alison Friedman sits with legs stretched across several theater seats and arms outspread.

2 min read

Reconnecting with live performance

Rich Preyer and Marilyn Jacobs Preyer

1 min read

Reducing breast cancer disparities and barriers to care

2 min read

A prestigious professorship

James and Susan Moeser pose outdoors in front of South Building on UNC-Chapel Hill's campus.

5 min read

A Milestone Investment

Chad Pecot stands speaking in lab, while a woman works at a workbench.

1 min read

Muting genetic mutations

A photo of Nancy and Bill Graham with Lisa Carey, MD, FASCO.

1 min read

Grateful patient and husband establish breast cancer research fund

Shelley Earp unc Lineberger

8 min read

Advancing Cancer Research and Care Across Carolina and the Globe

David Hesmer smiles in the Hingtgen lab.

2 min read

From cancer patient to volunteer

Crowd of people at art show.

1 min watch

A current future

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1 min read

The intersection of innovation and creativity