Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

Sharon and Doug Rothwell smile with a city landscape in the background.

2 min read

MPA excellence: Preparing the next generation

Football player wears black vest that reads Engineered to the exact specifications of the UNC Tar Heels.

2 min read

Giving to the future

Zena Cardman stands on a runway wearing a NASA suit and holding a helmet, with a plane in the background.

1 min read

Practice for Mars

Brian-Murdock-wife-mom

4 min read

Murdock family supports students serving communities

arts_everywhere

1 min watch

Arts Everywhere

klinger

2 min read

How to get to Sesame Street

Joseph Piven and colleague look at brain scans on computers.

1 min watch

A first-of-its-kind way to predict autism

shc

1 min read

One million scans and counting

001919_ferris_willliam_box_set001

2 min read

Documenting The South

murray

1 min read

Keeping it going

catalyst

2 min read

Fast tracking rare disease research

smithies

1 min read

Digitizing the lifetime record of an ‘everyday scientist’