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KU Endowment provides $184.6 million to university

KU Endowment provided $184.6 million in direct financial support for the University of Kansas and The University of Kansas Hospital in fiscal year 2015, which ended June 30. This represents a 48 percent increase over last year’s amount of $124.1 million.

Math instructor’s legacy extends far beyond University of Kansas

University of Kansas professor of mathematics Bozenna Pasik-Duncan, Ph.D., has been selected to receive a Chancellors Club Teaching Professorship. The award will provide a salary stipend of $10,000 for each of the next five years.

From medical research to American literature, 2015 Chancellors Club professors cover many bases

A University of Kansas Medical Center researcher who has discovered compounds that give hope to patients diagnosed with sickle cell disease and other genetic blood disorders, and a longtime KU English professor revered by students and colleagues alike are being honored respectively for their research and teaching by KU Endowment’s Chancellors Club.

Tri Delta alumnae support children’s cancer care at KU Medical Center

The Shawnee Mission/Kansas City alumnae chapter of Delta Delta Delta has reached a $100,000 milestone in their longtime support of children’s health care at the University of Kansas Medical Center.

Private giving to KU reaches $258.8 million in fiscal 2015

Donors supporting the University of Kansas contributed $258.8 million in fiscal 2015, which ended June 30.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grants $250,000 for KU’s Community Tool Box

Talk about timely. In 1995, when the Internet’s popularity was soaring, the University of Kansas Work Group for Community Health and Development launched the Community Tool Box website — a free resource to help communities at home and abroad improve health and development.

Major gift creates an enticing package for ‘rising stars’ in the humanities at KU

Since the founding of the University of Kansas 150 years ago, courses in the humanities have been the bedrock of a KU education. To further strengthen the humanities at KU, the Hall Family Foundation has made a $1.46 million combination gift and challenge grant.