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A $5 million gift commitment from the Carlyle One Health Group will enable the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health to build programs and capacity to stop future pandemics and educate a new generation of adaptive and technologically skilled global health professionals.

In order to encourage others to donate during Giving Day, the donor offered a four-to-one match of all gifts directed to academic priorities at the university, resulting in a Giving Day total of $25,699,324 and breaking the previous record of $7.3 million, set in 2025.

Wildcat legend Steve Kerr's international upbringing sparked a curiosity about the world, a love of travel and a lifelong embrace of cultural diversity. Now, he and his wife Margot, also a U of A graduate, have made a gift commitment of $1 million to support study abroad scholarships for students in the University of Arizona College of Humanities.

When Tanya Burns, a graduate of the University of Arizona’s Eller College of Management, landed her dream job as a Human Resources Business Partner at Intel, she paused to reflect on her journey.

An $8 million estate gift from the late Susan K. Von Kersburg will provide lasting support for students in the University of Arizona W.A. Franke Honors College, ensuring that in-state honors students selected as Baird scholars can study abroad and pursue their passions without financial barriers.

The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation has awarded transformative grants to the University of Arizona Health Sciences and Banner Health to expand primary care graduate medical education, or GME, across Arizona.

For nearly 20 years, alumna Gwendolyn “Gwen” Weiner has been quietly supporting efforts that bring science, healing and hope to others. Her latest gift to the University of Arizona reflects that same spirit — helping strengthen mental health care and training.

A renowned photographer’s archive comes to the CCP alongside a $1 million endowed gift.

For one University of Arizona veterinary medicine student, the path to becoming a veterinarian has taken time, courage and the life-changing support of scholarships.