Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

A group of Lead for North Carolina Fellows

2 min read

Cultivating community leaders

Kelli Smith-Biwer in the Beat Lab. (Photo by Jess Abel)

1 min read

Meet the inaugural Arts Everywhere Graduate Fellow in Music Technology

Portrait of Bramwell sitting on a bench smiling

1 min read

Reshaping pieces of history

Hands using a phone touchscreen

2 min read

Studying technology and teen mental health

Two researchers look at a chart on a computer.

2 min read

Leading opioid safety research

Brandon Feaster in a white lab coat on campus at UNC-Chapel Hill

1 min read

A meaningful support network

Emily Harmon holding a net while standing on a thigh deep water level lake

1 min read

Plasticity and evolution

Students working with computers and various devices in a lab.

2 min read

Shaping future engineers

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

9 min read

Collaborating for a Cure

Hovaniec

3 min read

‘It Changed Everything’

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

6 min read

Membranes and Modeling

Bryn Barker and DJ Passey hold hands with their twin boys on a beach.

4 min read

Dissertations and Diapers