Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

Jed Atkins in front of the Old Well

4 min read

Meet Jed Atkins, SCiLL director and dean

Carmichael Lobby dedication

3 min read

UNC coach’s legacy cemented forever

Klaus Hahn

3 min read

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

Illustration of three hands each holding a smartphone

4 min read

Carolina research takes the world stage

AI-generated image of Rameses wearing a red, white and blue outfit and hat, in front of a stylized American flag

5 min read

Celebrating a presidential day

Gustavo Gonzalez

3 min read

Embracing every opportunity

Graduate Emma Cohn poses in front of the Well.

2 min read

A graduate's journey from Chapel Hill to New Zealand

Student working in lab.

3 min read

Teaching beyond the scope of a classroom

Siblings Elijah and Ilianamaria Brown

3 min read

Siblings guide the next generation

Maggie Ambrose faces the camera with sand and sea behind her

3 min read

Making the most of Carolina’s makerspaces

Tung Nguyễn leans against a table in a lab at the Adams School of Dentistry

2 min read

Advancing a profession

Mathias Zimba stands with two mothers in front of a home in rural Zambia

3 min read

Meet Mathias Zimba, executive director of Rising Fountains