Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

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

A field mouse in a blue gloved hand.

2 min read

Measuring mitigation

Morehead Science Center.

1 min read

Seeing more stars

Cassidy Harding smiling

2 min read

Shaping her future

Stacy Zhang conducts research on coast in Morehead City

2 min read

On the edge of discovery

Student working in a lab.

1 min read

A collaborative initiative

Two men and one woman smiling and posing in front of a flight of brick steps.

2 min read

Only a spark

Overhead shot of two individuals working with wired technology.

2 min read

Innovation for a sustainable future

Woman speaking to man with text "powering communities" behind her.

1 min watch

A clearer vision for a cleaner world