Impact Stories
Former Summer Bridge alumna pays it forward
“To whom much is given, much is required.” This is what Latonya Brown-Puryear always remembers her father saying. The physician took his words to heart when she endowed a scholarship to the Summer Bridge Program.
Candid conversations with influential innovators
The first cohort of Shuford Innovators-in-Residence share diverse expertise and experiences with students in the Shuford Program in Entrepreneurship in the UNC College of Arts & Sciences.
New center to study impact of technology, social media on adolescent brains
Winston Family Foundation gift to psychology and neuroscience builds on three years of research on the link between technology use and adolescent mental health.
GiveUNC is March 29
Find a cause, unlock a challenge, join in some friendly competition and spread the word on March 29. You can make a difference during this special 24 hours.
Eclipsing $4.25 billion
The Campaign for Carolina meets a milestone goal one year early and continues with renewed focus on scholarships and school and unit priorities.
A world of possibility and promise
The Roy and Mary Alice Smith Fellowship Endowed Fund through The Graduate School will support future generations of students pursuing a graduate degree in chemistry.
UNC-Chapel Hill receives second grant from the Kern Family Foundation to assess entrepreneurial engineering collaboration
Thanks to a new $631,000 grant from the Kern Family Foundation, a new assessment project will be led by Viji Sathy, associate dean for evaluation and assessment in undergraduate education in the College of Arts & Sciences.
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