Gift Announcements

Stories celebrating philanthropic gifts and the impact donors make possible.

Carolina Stories

Carolina students and Aubrey Snowden, assistant teaching professor in the Department of Dramatic Art, pointing at a sign for 'The Making of a Broadway Show' exhibit while visiting New York City

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Broadway Comes to UNC-Chapel Hill: $2 Million Gift Enhances Undergraduate Experience in Dramatic Art

Four dramatic art students stand on a subway staircase with Broadway posters in the background.

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Bring Broadway to Carolina

Carolina women's soccer team members jump with glee on the soccer field.

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Because of you: 2024 giving highlights

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

(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

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.

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Supporting Southeast Asian Studies

A portrait of Sam Hackett on campus with graphics highlighting him as a scholarship recipient.

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Doubling Down

A portrait of the Summeys

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A legacy of adventure

Graphic with photo of Latonya Brown-Puryear and Carolina Blue argyle.

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Building a bridge for others

Mike Smith and Maurice Smith pose for a photo

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Supporting local communities

Roy Smith and his wife pose in front of a lake alongside a portrait of Roy when he was a college student.

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A world of possibility and promise