Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

Pepper Dowd

4 min read

The Legacy of Pepper Dowd: 50 Years of Philanthropy

Illustration representing the new Institute for Risk Management and Insurance Innovation, which will accelerate research on extreme weather and cybersecurity, featuring illustrations of a woman walking and icons representing markets, cybersecurity and weather

3 min read

Institute translates environmental threats into financial risks

LessonPlans

3 min read

Pilot program brings West Africa to local classrooms

Dan Reuland

3 min read

Reuland Awarded Robert A. Ingram Distinguished Professorship

Michael Kennedy speaking at a podium

4 min read

Q&A with Michael Kennedy

Five individuals posing in front of sign reading "The Be Loud! Center for Young Adult Cancer Care."

12 min read

Be Loud! Center is elevating cancer care for young adults at UNC

Four people stand along a creek, one person is pointing at the water

6 min read

Restore a watershed, protect an ecosystem

Jane Ellison takes her glasses off as she speaks behind a podium. The photo is framed in blue and says 50 Years, Board of Visitors

4 min read

Q&A with Jane Ellison: ‘Everyone has something to give’

Klaus Hahn

3 min read

Hahn Awarded CZI Grant to Monitor, Manipulate Proteins Important in Nervous System Function, Neurological Disease

Professor Ibrahim smiling at the camera in the lobby of Gillings on U.N.C. campus.

8 min read

Biostatistics: More than just numbers

Christian Lentz (center) with friends in Vietnam.

2 min read

Faculty residency bolsters Southeast Asian Studies

Turtle swims in the sea.

2 min read

Collaboration for conservation