Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

Roy Smith and his wife pose in front of a lake alongside a portrait of Roy when he was a college student.

1 min read

A world of possibility and promise

Ronit Freeman holds a coronavirus model

2 min read

Developing a sweeter COVID-19 test

Dr. David Drewry at the Genetic Medicine Building on the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill .

9 min read

Collaborating for a Cure

UNC student Jamison Kline wearing a graduation shawl.

3 min read

‘A Weight Lifted’

Hovaniec

3 min read

‘It Changed Everything’

Rick Margerison and his wife Leah

4 min read

The Power of a Scholarship

UNC PhD student Riley Vickers stands in front of a pond at Carolina's North Forest.

6 min read

Membranes and Modeling

Spencer Bakalar smiling

1 min read

Women who are changing the world

Librarian holding the Highlander video tape.

7 min read

Fire Fighters

Rich Preyer and Marilyn Jacobs Preyer

1 min read

Reducing breast cancer disparities and barriers to care

Lorenzo Hopper standing inside a hallway.

2 min read

Immersed in the Carolina Experience

drawing of a brain

1 min read

A joint effort