The investment will significantly advance Joint BME’s mission to unite engineering and medicine to improve lives.

The $600,000 gift will help fund citizen science projects and create more student field experiences. 

Professorship established in memory of Mr. Ingram will support Dr. Reuland’s research related to cancer screening and early detection.

Laura Shwedo ’80 and Martha Johansson pledged over $1 million to the Carolina Covenant at UNC-Chapel Hill.

A strong affinity for UNC and a profound belief in the life changing influence of education inspired Nikin ’05 and Rashmi ’05 Shah to establish the Tilak and Aruna Shah Biomedical Engineering Scholarship.

A major gift from alumnus Stephen H. Israel ’66 will provide full Honors Carolina scholarships for undergraduate students pursuing a major in the humanities.

Klaus Hahn, PhD, will co-lead this Chan Zuckerberg Initiative project with colleagues at Duke and NC State.