Gift Announcements

Stories celebrating philanthropic gifts and the impact donors make possible.

Carolina Stories

Nikin and Rashmi Shah with their three children in front of a UNC sign.

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A Family’s Legacy of Education and Curiosity

Stephen H. Israel portrait

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$10 Million Gift Seeks to Ignite a ‘Humanities Renaissance’ at UNC-Chapel Hill

Illustration of John Powell and Jacquelyn Dowd Hall from the shoulders up

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Honoring a pioneering scholar of the South

A view of the Old Well framed through the doorway of South Building

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Gift establishes first endowed professorship for faculty of the new School of Civic Life and Leadership

(Left to right) Kate Golson and Fareeda Akewusola pose together courtside at a Carolina basketball game in the Dean E. Smith Center.

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Attracting exceptional students

Members of Stacey Daughters’ lab. (Flavio Frohlich is second from left; Daughters is fifth from left.)

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Combatting opioid use disorder

A box on the back of a bike reads UNC Project Lilongwe, Malawi

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State-of-the-art facility, state-of-the-art care

Ronit Freeman stands at a desk.

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Early career excellence

UNC Makerspace employees taking a RYOBI training via video call.

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A greater toolkit

A person wearing a wide-brimmed hat and traditional patterned clothing smiles while tending rice plants in a lush mountain field, with a woven basket on their back and green hills in the background.

2 min read

Supporting Southeast Asian Studies

The Building Integrated Communities and Institute for the Study of the Americas team in the FedEx Global Education Center.

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Increasing inclusivity in local government

A researcher works in a lab

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Preparing for the next pandemic