Alumnus Walter Hussman Jr. and his family make historic gift to Carolina

Posted Sep 10, 2019
With a $25 million gift to the University of North Carolina’s newly--named Hussman School of Journalism and Media, the Hussman family is investing heavily in the future of journalism and the media professions and reinforcing the core values of objectivity, impartiality, integrity, and truth-seeking for the next generation of media leaders being trained at UNC. (UNC.edu)

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