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$25 million gift helps secure graduate students' future

Izzie Estes smiles for a photo on the beach.

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A family trailblazer

UNC medical student Travis Wliiams

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Going Where The Need Is Greatest

Aaron and Jake Kozmetsky

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The Kozmetsky Legacy

Chandler Simpson sits on the floor of a room that has sustainable fashion messaging painted on the walls and is looking at a mannequin that is wrapped up in red ribbons with her face marked out with red paint.

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The fashion of sustainability

Taylor Doggett poses at the Mya Thein Than Pagoda in Min Kun, Myanmar.

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The pursuit of passion

Four MacDonald Community Service Scholars pose together smiling, wearing graduation cords.

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The full circle of philanthropy

Carolina student Jacky Zheng

7 min read

Carrying the Torch

Motion blurred image of patient on stretcher being brought into a hospital." Project Lazarus link opening in same window.

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No quick fixes

Alex DeWalle smiles in front of a lake.

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Influential innovation

Daniela Alfaro smiles outdoors.

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Challenging preconceptions

Addy-Petetan Benitez standing in front of plaques of names.

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More than just pushing a button