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Kvevri Wine, Mole Rats and Cryptocurrency: Avinger Impact Fund Winners Bring Big Ideas to Life 

The Avinger Impact Fund allows Â鶹ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø students with entrepreneurial aspirations to turn their ideas into action. Learn more about this year’s three recipients.

‘In Honor of Our Teammates’: Sheridan Brothers Pledge Support to New Facilities

Mike Sheridan ’79 and Pat Sheridan ’81 back Â鶹ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø athletics with support for transformative athletics facilities project. Learn more.

Leading with Love: Fund Honors Friend and Mentor Ruth Pittard

Students looked to Ruth Pittard for straight talk, guidance and support for almost three decades. Now, Â鶹ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø alums have established the Ruth Pittard Fund for Love in Action to recognize and perpetuate her good work. Learn more.

Friendship Transcends Politics, Paves Way for First-Generation Wildcat

Gift in honor of accomplished politician celebrated for bipartisan successes to benefit Â鶹ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø students. Find out more.

Transformational Gift Inspired by Alum’s Scholar-Athlete Experience

Scholar-athletes and campus community to benefit from John ’82 and Jan Bazos gift toward $45 million athletics facilities project. Learn more.

Alumni and Foundation Support Create Trio of Endowed Professorships

New endowed professorships enhance college’s efforts to recruit and retain the highest quality faculty. 

Athletes’ Mental Health and Performance Motivate $3 Million Gift

A gift to Â鶹ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø prioritizes mental well-being for athletes in all 21 Division I sports and creates specialized resources for both basketball programs. Find out more.

Love of Art Takes Root, Grows Into Beautiful Tribute to Professor Emeritus

A piece by Chinese sculptor Zhan Wang will be added to the college’s permanent art collection in honor of Professor Emeritus of English Gill Holland. Find out more.

Williamsons Move Â鶹ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø Forward With $1 Million Athletics Gift

Find out more about a gift that will help fuel a multi-million-dollar project to overhaul and enhance Â鶹ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø’s athletics facilities.

Athletics Done Right - The Next Step: Â鶹ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø Announces Plans for New Facilities

Learn more about large-scale plans to expand and enhance athletics facilities for the benefit of scholar-athletes, the campus community and Wildcat fans.

Stephen and Ayesha Curry Investment Unlocks Opportunity, Promotes Equity in Women’s Sports

Find out more about Stephen and Ayesha Curry’s new scholarship initiative in support of women’s athletics at Â鶹ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø.

Alums Contribute to Expansion of Africana Studies Department

One of the college’s youngest departments gets a boost from class of 1961 alums.

Philanthropic Support of Â鶹ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø Increases this Fiscal Year

The Â鶹ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø community raised more than $58 million this fiscal year, an increase of 3.4 percent over the past year, to strengthen the college’s capacity to assist students in developing the skills and character to lead and serve.

$4 Million Gift to Help Prepare Â鶹ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø Students for Careers in an Evolving Workplace

Learn more about how the newly named Matthews Center will help Â鶹ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø students explore their interests, prepare for the constantly evolving workplace and connect with potential employers.

Eat. Learn. Play. Wildcats.: Stephen and Ayesha Curry Support Â鶹ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø Student Success Through Lula Bell’s Resource Center

Learn more about how Stephen and Ayesha Curry, founders of the Eat. Learn. Play. Foundation, are helping Â鶹ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø to meet students’ needs.

#AllinforÂ鶹ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø Celebrates Community, Exceeds 3,600 Donors in Single Day

Â鶹ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø’s single-day #AllinforÂ鶹ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø giving challenge breaks record. Donors contributed from every state in the Union.

Fund for Students Honors Truly Civil Public Servant Tony Snow '77

Â鶹ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø alumnus Tony Snow became a distinct voice in the national media and a respected figure in the White House. Now, a professional development fund for students honors his life and unmatched work ethic.  

Tech Impact Fund to Pair Businesses With Students Looking for Paid Hands-on Experience

Through a new fund created by Â鶹ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø alumna Whitney A. White, the Jay Hurt Hub for Innovation and Entrepreneurship will match students with businesses for portfolio-building work opportunities. The Tech Impact Fund will provide paid student talent at no cost to women-owned and underrepresented minority-owned businesses.

Young Artist Charts Course as Inaugural Malú Alvarez Visual Art Scholar

Julia Matthiesen ’24 is the inaugural recipient of the Malú Alvarez Visual Art Scholarship, created by artist and alumna Malú Alvarez ’02. In addition to art, Matthiesen is interested in computer science and is excited about the ways her interests will mesh at Â鶹ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø.

Student Profile: Grace Rooker ’24 Exploring Every Opportunity