Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

Nabarun Dasgupta stands smiling with arms crossed with a colorful artwork in the background.

7 min read

Nabarun Dasgupta wins MacArthur ‘genius grant’

RJ and Rameses point at the camera in a campus food pantry, with jars of peanut butter in the foreground.

4 min read

When competition feeds a cause

Frank Leibfarth smiling in front of an outdoor background.

4 min read

Frank Leibfarth receives Carolina’s first Blavatnik award

Dr. Aziz Sancar poses for a portrait in lab with his research team.

7 min read

The enduring legacy of Dr. Aziz Sancar

Shaun Anderson stands in the foreground with the Dean E. Smith Center in the background.

3 min read

Ask a Professor: Shaun Anderson on NIL and student-athletes’ growing support for social causes

Painting sits in a glass box on display with person passing in the background.

3 min read

Exhibit adds splash of 'Color'

Portrait of Adriana Beltran.

1 min read

Reshaping genetics research

Frank Leibfarth working in a lab.

4 min read

Supporting Carolina chemists

A shoulders up portrait of Anne Maheux on a Carolina blue illustrated background.

4 min read

Ask a Professor: Anne Maheux on generative AI use among adolescents

Portrait of Marisa Marraccini against a blue squiggle background.

4 min read

Ask a Professor: Marisa Marraccini on suicide prevention

Person with short auburn hand stands on the terrace of a building wearing a white collared blouse and black suit jacket.

4 min read

Ask a Professor: Maria Savasta-Kennedy on well water safety

Portrait of Alexander Tropsha wearing a light blue button down shirt.

4 min read

Ask a Professor: Alexander Tropsha on AI tools for drug discovery