Since the University of Kansas opened its doors 150 years ago, philanthropy has played a role in its development — indeed, its very existence.
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Inaugural 24-hour giving campaign One Day. One KU raises $734,621
During One Day. One KU., the university’s first 24-hour giving campaign, donors gave 1,898 gifts totaling $734,621, creating opportunities for more Jayhawks in the state, the nation and beyond.
Continue readingGifts totalling $1.4 million help advance KU Alzheimer’s Disease Center research initiatives
Several Kansas City-area community members have made a combined gift commitment of $1.4 million to the University of Kansas Alzheimer’s Disease Center to enable it to expand its research and double its capacity for clinical trials.
Continue readingAlumna makes $1 million gift for environmental studies fund
A gift commitment of more than $1 million from KU alumna Tracy Ashlock will establish a travel fund for environmental studies students at the University of Kansas.
Continue readingKU plans first 24-hour day of giving with One Day. One KU.
On Tuesday, Feb. 20, alumni and friends from all over the world will come together to support the University of Kansas for its first 24-hour giving campaign, One Day. One KU.
Continue readingGift creates art scholarships and increases music, architecture scholarship funds at KU
A significant planned estate gift commitment from University of Kansas alumnus John Eyler establishes new scholarships in visual art and art history at KU, and also increases the architecture and music scholarships that he established in 2013.
Continue reading$2 million gift to establish law scholarship, liberal arts research fund at KU
KU alumnus William “Brad” Bradley Jr., of Overland Park, Kansas, has made a $2 million gift commitment that will endow a scholarship in the School of Law and a research excellence fund for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Kansas.
Continue reading$1 million gift endows professorship at KU Medical Center
A gift commitment from longtime faculty member Dennis Diederich, M.D., and his wife, Alice, will provide $1 million to endow a professorship at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan.
Continue reading$1.3 million gift establish 5 scholarships KU students
A gift of more than $1.3 million from the estate of KU alumni Perry L. Rashleigh and Rosemary Jones Rashleigh will create five Rashleigh Family Scholarships for students in medicine, nursing, pharmacy, math and English.
Continue readingKU recognizes five educators with Chancellors Club professorships
Five professors from the University of Kansas may be experts in widely different fields, but they all share one important distinction: Their excellence as educators has earned them prestigious Chancellors Club Teaching Professorships in 2017.
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