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Group of SPARK participants at the fall retreat.

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Fueling confidence and courage through SPARK

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

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Carolina program sparks generosity

UNC alumni Heath Massey (BA ’83), left, and John Mitchener (BSBA ’81).

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New eminent professorship to support melanoma research

Aerial view of UNC-Chapel Hill campus at night.

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Zietlow Fellows foster community

Two smiling Carolina Covenant Scholars with a blue Carolina Covenant sign in the background and a video play button in the bottom right-hand corner.

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The Carolina Covenant: Then, now and forever

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

Chancellor Lee Roberts holding the 2025 Lux Libertas Philanthropy Award to Paul Fulton ’57

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Paul Fulton Honored with Lux Libertas Award

man standing before a microphone addresses a crowd

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What is Carolina’s endowment?

Dr. Frederick Bowman Jr. sits in a lounge chair at his home in Chapel Hill.

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A lifetime of giving

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’

UNC-Chapel Hill and NC State University graduation caps laying one on top of the other

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With $20M Investment, Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering Named for Ross W. Lampe Jr.