A Carolina-born program has received an award of up to $8.5 million over five years to help bring clean drinking water and improved sanitation and hygiene to people in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. The funding, from the U.S. Agency for… read more
A UNC program that helps North Carolina high school seniors realize the goal of attending college is expanding with help from a national foundation based in Jacksonville, Fla. The Jessie Ball duPont Fund has created a matching-grant program that… read more
The University has been awarded a grant expected to be valued at $17.5 million over five years for an innovative interdisciplinary research center to develop solar fuels from next-generation photovoltaic technology. The money will come from the U.S. read more
Former UNC football star Julius Peppers ’02 has donated $100,000 to a General Alumni Association scholarship program that supports African-American students. The Light on the Hill Society Scholarship, a tribute to Carolina’s earliest black… read more
The University will launch a fundraising effort for an endowed faculty chair in Islamic studies at a Feb. 12 kick-off event on campus. A delegation of supporters from Turkey will attend the public event, set for 4 p.m. in UNC’s FedEx Global… read more
An alumna who dedicated her life to education has left UNC’s School of Information and Library Science more than $1 million for student scholarships. Jane Iris Crutchfield ’55 bequeathed the gift when she died in December 2006 at age 92 after… read more
The N.C. Institute for Public Health has been awarded an $8.5 million, five-year grant to create a new research center focused on helping protect the state from a wide range of disasters and threats. The institute, part of the University’s… read more
Carolina has been awarded a five-year, $7 million grant to establish a muscular dystrophy research center named in honor of the late Sen. Paul D. Wellstone ’65 of Minnesota, who also earned his doctoral degree at UNC in 1969. The new Senator Paul… read more
A $1.25 million, five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education will expand a new fast-track teacher program at Carolina to include mathematics and geological sciences. North Carolina is experiencing a serious teacher shortage. The state’s… read more
The University’s next fundraising campaign, expected to be launched next year, could have a goal of between $3.5 billion and $4 billion, according to a memo to the chancellor from Matt Kupec ’80, vice chancellor for University advancement. The drive… read more