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The generosity of our alumni and friends drives innovation in education and research.

All gifts to the department allow our students and faculty to fulfill their own dreams and make a positive impact on their lives. Your gift can support scholarships, fellowships, professorships, academic programs and faculty research. These and other initiatives are not typically supported through state appropriations. It is your generosity that empowers MSE to achieve excellence in our research, teaching and public engagement mission.

New in 2023

A new gift from Wolfspeed — the prominent Triangle-based technology company co-founded by late MSE alum John Palmour with five others — will honor those characteristics while investing in future leaders and discoveries and adding to the Palmour family’s legacy of philanthropy at the university.

The gift is establishing the John Palmour Distinguished Professorship in Materials Science and Engineering as well as the Wolfspeed Endowed Scholarship in Memory of Dr. John Palmour. The scholarship will provide need-based support for undergraduates in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, where Palmour earned his bachelor’s degree (1982) and Ph.D. (1988).