One gift at a time, friends and alumni of the University of Kansas added to the success of the second annual One Day.
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Tech firm Ripple supports blockchain research at KU with $2 million gift
A $2 million gift from the Silicon Valley financial technology company Ripple will support a comprehensive University of Kansas program to research technologies related to blockchain, cryptocurrency and digital payments.
Continue reading$1 million gift from KU alumni establishes chemical engineering research lab
A $1 million gift from University of Kansas alumni Richard and Elizabeth Hoover of Northport, Michigan, will establish a chemical engineering research lab at KU’s School of Engineering.
Continue reading$3.5 million gift creates Center for Construction Safety at KU School of Engineering
A gift of $3.5 million from University of Kansas alumnus Craig Martin and his wife, Diane, of Pasadena, California, establishes a center for construction safety at the KU School of Engineering.
Continue readingGeoarchaeological program at KU receives $6.9 million gift
A geoarchaeological program at the University of Kansas that is digging up the mysteries of the earliest people to inhabit the region will get a $6.9 million boost with an estate gift from a late geologist and his wife.
Continue readingEstate plans to benefit disabled students at KU
On a winter morning, you’re likely to find The Rev. Brinton W. “Pete” Woodward Jr. maple sugaring at his home on Squam Lake in Holderness, New Hampshire.
Continue readingDon Green’s legacy lives on
After nearly 50 years in the classroom, Don Green has officially retired, but his positive influence in the Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering will continue — the Don Green Faculty Fellowship will see to that.
Continue readingGift creates professorship, curatorship at KU, Biodiversity Institute
A gift from Edith L. Taylor and the late Thomas N. Taylor, both University of Kansas professors and paleobotanists, will create a joint professorship and curatorship in the department of ecology & evolutionary biology and the Biodiversity Institute at KU.
Continue readingProfessor’s phone call provided pivotal moment for KU student
As a junior at the University of Kansas, an unexpected phone call from a professor put Bill Plybon back on track to major in accounting.
Continue readingFollowing support for scholarships, Cochran makes gift for new business building
University of Kansas alumnus Norm Cochran has made a $100,000 gift toward a new building for the KU School of Business.
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