Gift Announcements

Stories celebrating philanthropic gifts and the impact donors make possible.

Carolina Stories

A finger skims the page of a 19th-century doctors' notes in a daybook from the Wilson Special Collections Library

5 min read

A match met, a fellowship forever

UNC baseball players run onto field and cheer

2 min read

$9 million gift knocks it out of the park for Carolina Baseball

Bob Lauterborn smiles while standing next to a painting by his late wife on the wall in the background

6 min read

'Absolutely perfect'

Portrait of Olin and Marilyn Setzer Treadway smiling.

4 min read

Planned gift to University Library honors parents

A conceptual rendering of the Argus Array telescope system

6 min read

Developing the world’s largest sky-survey telescope

Kathryn, Kevin and Henry Griffin smile at the camera in Sutton's Drug Store.

4 min read

Turning Carolina dreams into reality

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

6 min read

A royal first year

Pam Lucas sits on a bench at the Carolina Inn.

3 min read

Leading through service

Elizabeth and Kevin Murphy pose holding their young son with Charlotte directional signs in the background

4 min read

A lasting investment in advising and access

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

4 min read

Family gift honors veterans' journey through recovery

Frank and Ellen Proctor standing on the steps of the Pit.

5 min read

Reimagining the Pit

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

4 min read

Carolina program sparks generosity