Gift Announcements

Stories celebrating philanthropic gifts and the impact donors make possible.

Carolina Stories

Jason Mihalik, Denise Singleton and Shawn Kane pose at the inaugural Knott Family Bridging Ceremony. Denise is holding a THRIVE plaque.

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Family gift honors veterans' journey through recovery

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

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.

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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

Hands using a phone touchscreen

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Studying technology and teen mental health

Students working with computers and various devices in a lab.

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Shaping future engineers

Jason P. Mihalik, PhD, co-director, Matthew A. Gfeller Sport-Related Traumatic Brain Injury Research Center; Terry Rhodes, PhD, dean, College of Arts & Sciences; Dr. James Kelly, executive director, Marcus Institute for Brain Health; Kevin Guskiewicz, PhD, chancellor

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Treating Traumatic Brain Injury in Veterans

A photo of the BEAM Maker space with a group of people working on projects.

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UNC-Chapel Hill a member of KEEN

Leaders on stage during a Pope Foundation gift event.

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An investment in people

The Shufords stand with University leadership holding up a sign for the Shuford Program in Entrepreneurship.

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Transforming Carolina entrepreneurship