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Gift supports Alzheimer’s research at KU Medical Center

A $10,000 gift from Local Union No. 124 International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, of Kansas City, Mo., for the University of Kansas Medical Center will help fight Alzheimer’s disease.

Far Above: The Campaign for Kansas raises more than $1.6 billion

The largest higher education fundraising effort to date in the state, Far Above: The Campaign for Kansas, raised $1.66 billion, far exceeding its $1.2 billion goal.

Couple’s estate gift gives $3.5 million to athletics, law

A gift commitment from KU alumni Nancy and the late Wint Winter Sr. will provide $3.5 million to be split evenly between the University of Kansas School of Law and Kansas Athletics.

New School of Nursing scholarship established

A new scholarship at the University of Kansas School of Nursing honors the late Melba Rose (Lungstrom) Morris, who died at the age of 90 in 2011.

Scholarships to benefit KU design, engineering students

An estate gift of nearly $430,000 from the late University of Kansas alumna Patricia A. Rozema Taylor has established two new scholarships at KU, one for design students in the School of Architecture, Design & Planning, and one for students in the School of Engineering.

James Naismith: The Creator of Basketball

Watch the fascinating process behind the making of the bronze Naismith sculpture — a multi-year-long project between father and son, Elden and Kim Tefft.

Alumnus estate gift establishes $4 million scholarship fund

A $4 million estate gift from University of Kansas alumnus Irving Kuraner and his wife, Leona, will establish a scholarship fund which will provide assistance to undergraduate students in any discipline who show academic excellence and financial need.

Hayhow elected chair of KU Academic Medical Center advisory board

Joyce Hayhow of Leawood, Kansas, is the new chair of the Advancement Board, an 85-member advisory group of business and community leaders that represents the objectives of the University of Kansas Medical Center, The University of Kansas Hospital and the University of Kansas Physicians.

Hall Family Foundation gift supports comprehensive cancer center designation

An $8 million gift from the Hall Family Foundation will enhance The University of Kansas Cancer Center’s pursuit of an NCI Comprehensive cancer center designation.