Gift Announcements

Stories celebrating philanthropic gifts and the impact donors make possible.

Carolina Stories

A group of faculty and students stand on the shoreline in the Galapagos with a supine seal in the foreground.

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A royal first year

Brandy Barnes, Chris Barnes and their daughter Summer Barnes smile for a selfie.

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Carolina program sparks generosity

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

One person stands with a microphone and another sits on a stage with a guitar. Sign behind reads "Carolina Public Humanities: Connecting People Through Ideas."

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‘A wonderful vote of confidence’

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

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Because of you: 2024 giving highlights

A portrait from the shoulders up of Maribel Carrion with The Well in the background.

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Finding a way

A man plays a cigar box fiddle.

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Archiving African American folklife

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

The music room at NC Children's Hospital with a view of Carolina water tower.

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Bringing music to pediatric therapies