Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

Carolina senior on a recent hike in Tennessee.

2 min read

Backpacking for bats

Amy Kryston sits in front of her computer, running data.

1 min read

Studying septic systems

Ken Donny-Clark stands in a forest.

2 min read

Hunting for hemlocks

Kristina Hefferle wearing a headlamp and purple rain jacket crouches beside a leaf-strewn stream in a forest, searching among rocks and leaf litter for salamanders.

1 min watch

Seeking salamanders

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

3 min read

Bringing the dark proteome into the light

A field mouse in a blue gloved hand.

2 min read

Measuring mitigation

Portrait of Aziz Sancar.

2 min read

Killing cancerous brain cells

Rich Preyer and Marilyn Jacobs Preyer

1 min read

Reducing breast cancer disparities and barriers to care

Cassidy Harding smiling

2 min read

Shaping her future

2 min read

A prestigious professorship

Stacy Zhang conducts research on coast in Morehead City

2 min read

On the edge of discovery

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

1 min read

Muting genetic mutations