Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

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

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

Klaus Hahn

3 min read

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

A doctor performs a sonograph.

2 min read

Making ultrasounds universal

CSTEPfield

2 min read

Stepping into Work Experience

Graphic shows two hands touching index fingers, one hand is solid blue and the other hand is made out of a webbed network design.

1 min read

Analyzing AI

The inaugural Sources of Strength class taking group photo in front of brick building.

2 min read

Promoting mental wellness

mayalinCS

2 min read

Art, architecture and memorials

Amanda Henley, head of Digital Research Services, at Davis Library

2 min read

Uncovering the past through digital research