The University attracted $297.5 million in private gifts and grants in fiscal 2014. The total marked the second-best year in UNC history and was 9 percent higher than the $272.8 million raised in 2013. Commitments also rose 9 percent, to $310… read more
UNC’s Carolina Population Center has received a five-year, $180 million award for its MEASURE Evaluation project, evaluating health, poverty and gender programs worldwide. The award, from the U.S. Agency for International Development, is the… read more
The School of Education has received the largest gift in its history — more than $3 million to honor the memory of former faculty member Donald G. Tarbet. The bequest will be used to establish the Donald G. Tarbet Endowment Fund for Faculty… read more
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $2 million to the Environmental Finance Center at the University for its work toward improving the country’s smallest water systems — those serving fewer than 10,000 people. Small water… read more
When Charles P. Farris Jr. ’69 encouraged his classmates to give “one lousy dollar” to a new scholarship fund during a meeting of the class of 1969 almost 45 years ago, he was not disparaging the buck. He was emphasizing its power. And what… read more
The John William Pope Foundation has made a $1.3 million gift to UNC’s Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center to fund cancer research and treatment. The bulk of the gift will fund the creation of the John William Pope Distinguished… read more
The path from an idea in a lab to a new therapy can be a long one. A new five-year award for $54.6 million has been announced that is intended to accelerate the pace at which clinical and translational research directly benefits patients and… read more
David Routh ’82 — a veteran corporate executive with extensive connections to philanthropy on campus as a former staff member and as a volunteer — has been named UNC’s new vice chancellor for development. Chancellor Carol Folt… read more
Faculty at UNC secured $777.8 million in overall research funding in fiscal 2013. That total is up nearly $11 million — or 1.4 percent — from $767.1 million the previous year. That funding total comes in contracts and grants awarded by… read more
UNC has been named a project site for the Association of American Universities’ five-year initiative to improve the quality of undergraduate education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields at its member… read more