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.
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Don 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.
Continue readingGift creates award to benefit Hispanic women in engineering at KU
A gift from the E. Eugene Carter Foundation establishes an annual opportunity award fund to benefit female Hispanic students in the School of Engineering at the University of Kansas.
Continue readingDonors score a victory for Jayhawk collection
When James J. Ascher Sr., and his wife, Mary Ellen, learned that a popular collection of Jayhawks that had been displayed at the Kansas Union was about to be sold in online auctions, the Overland Park, Kan., couple took swift action, making a $130,000 gift to keep the mythical birds at the University of Kansas.
Continue readingEstate gift from KU alumnus and his wife enhances scholarship support for journalism students
A $1.36 million gift from the estate of the late KU alumnus John P. Kaiser and his wife, Mary Kaiser, will provide scholarship support for journalism students.
Continue readingKU Endowment board elects new chair, vice chair and trustees
At the Sept. 28 annual meeting of the KU Endowment board of trustees, the board elected David B. Dillon as chair, William R. Docking as vice chair, and two other KU alumni as trustees. Dillon succeeds Deanell Reece Tacha, who served as chair since 2014.
Continue readingKU recognizes two educators with Chancellors Club professorships
Two professors from the University of Kansas Medical Center, both well known as scientists, researchers and educators, now share an additional distinction of being recognized as Chancellors Club Teaching Professors for 2018.
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