The opioid crisis has brought heightened attention to the effects of addiction on individuals, families and communities.
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Professorship established in honor of Kansas City civic leader
The Hall Family Foundation of Kansas City, Missouri, has made a $500,000 gift to create the Robert Almy Kipp Professorship of Practice in City Management at the University of Kansas.
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A gift of more than $1 million from the estate of the late speech pathologists Donald L. Robinson and Mary A. Carpenter of Shawnee, Kansas, will benefit people affected by communication disorders.
Continue readingTeacher leaves $7.4 million estate to University of Kansas
A retired high-school teacher in Concordia, Kansas, has left a $7.4 million estate gift to benefit students majoring in the arts, humanities and education at the University of Kansas.
Continue reading$2 million gift establishes diabetes professorship at KU Medical Center
A $2 million gift from the Cray Medical Research Foundation of Atchison, Kansas, will establish a diabetes-focused professorship at the University of Kansas Medical Center.
Continue readingKU alumnus to establish scholarship for art history students
A gift commitment of $690,000 from University of Kansas alumnus Don Sloan will establish a scholarship fund for art history students at KU.
Continue readingKU alumnus announces $1 million scholarship gift to support LGBTQ students
Chad Leat, of New York, N.Y., retired vice chairman of global banking at Citigroup and University of Kansas graduate, announced a $1 million scholarship gift commitment in support of LGBTQ students at KU during a visit this week to his alma mater.
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Since the University of Kansas opened its doors 150 years ago, philanthropy has played a role in its development — indeed, its very existence.
Continue readingInaugural 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.
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