Gift Announcements

Stories celebrating philanthropic gifts and the impact donors make possible.

Carolina Stories

Portrait of Caroline Finch Ives against a geometric multi-toned blue graphic.

3 min read

Enabling researchers to follow their passion

Close up headshots of Susan and Ritch Allison with the western North Carolina mountains in the background.

4 min read

Why I Give: Supporting students after Helene

Van Weatherspoon

3 min read

Sisters Honor Late Father Through Philanthropy

Michol Dawson with family.

4 min read

Accelerating students' impact on global public health

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

4 min read

A Family’s Legacy of Education and Curiosity

Stephen H. Israel portrait

6 min read

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

Left: Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Gene Roberts ’54; Right: An 1895 woodblock print by Kobayashi Kiyochika

9 min read

The storytelling of art

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

6 min read

Honoring a pioneering scholar of the South

Law School alumnus Douglas Freedle stands with his collection of Harley Davidson motorcycles.

5 min read

Recruiting Rural Law Students

Vicki and David Craver pose together on a beach.

4 min read

A vote of confidence in College leadership

Lily Dean and Coach Galvin.

2 min read

A culture of character

Jackie and Steve Bell pose outside in front of shrubbery.

4 min read

Sharing his good fortune