Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

A portrait of Dr. David Weber in white coat on a blue background.

3 min read

Ask a Professor: David Weber on flu season protections

Shelley Belk and Van Eure smiling in front of the Angus Barn restaurant.

7 min read

Forty years of hope

Portrait of Ben Fountain outside.

3 min read

Alumnus honored with Thomas Wolfe Prize

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

An aerial shot of the Galapagos Science Center with a beach in the foreground

5 min read

Inaugural Kenan Galapagos Fellows launch new research

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

7 min read

Carolina Champions: Ben Speas

Madison Sturdivant in her classroom.

3 min read

A teacher toolkit, unboxed!

Osman in a suit smiling.

3 min read

Empowering humanity through technology

Found sitting at a classroom desk.

5 min read

Together, we propel the world

A smiling student sits in the stands at a football game looking out into the horizon.

8 min read

'The audacity to think we could do it'

Candice Williams, Director of the Carolina Covenant

2 min read

‘The Next 20 Years and Beyond’