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

Grace White

5 min read

Expanding the Ackland’s conservation efforts

Ben Speas kneeling on the soccer field and pointing skyward in celebration.

7 min read

Carolina Champions: Ben Speas

Found sitting at a classroom desk.

5 min read

Together, we propel the world

Candice Williams, Director of the Carolina Covenant

2 min read

‘The Next 20 Years and Beyond’

A portrait of Shirley Ort with campus scene in background.

3 min read

The Tar Heel behind the Covenant

Keith Sawyer faces the camera with fun expression and hands in the air; a blackboard with water drop motif is in the background

4 min read

Ask a Professor: Keith Sawyer

Jinsong Huang stands in a lab next to a window holding a solar panel

3 min read

Ask a Professor: Jinsong Huang

BurchFellow

3 min read

Burch Fellows explore hidden side of Olympic Games

Lindsey Smith Taillie by cereal

7 min read

A spoonful of policy

LessonPlans

3 min read

Pilot program brings West Africa to local classrooms

DesireeRieckenbergWeb

4 min read

Desirée Rieckenberg lifts students in need