A generous gift from a retired University of Kansas faculty member and noted art history scholar will leave a major mark on KU Libraries this year.
Continue reading$250,000 gift will create new reading room
Area leaders join forces to support expansion
A cross-section of leaders has joined together to promote the expansion of the University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita to a full, four-year campus.
Continue readingGift of $780,000 from longtime educators creates KU scholarships
The late Ward L. and Irene Neis Kiester devoted their lives to education. A gift of $780,000 from their estate to establish scholarships at the University of Kansas continues that tradition.
Continue reading$100,000 gift establishes lecture series for KU School of Engineering
University of Kansas engineering students will benefit from a new lecture series in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering.
Continue readingAlumni couples take leadership roles in KU campaign
Three alumni couples will lead the steering committee for the next comprehensive campaign for the University of Kansas.
Continue readingEstate gift creates new scholarship for KU students
A $264,000 estate gift from University of Kansas alumni Wayne and Joan Anderson has created a new scholarship for KU students.
Continue readingDonors provide $2.7 million for expansion of KU School of Medicine–Wichita
In less than four months, donors have contributed $2.7 million for expansion of the University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita. The lead gift of $800,000 was given by the Kansas Health Foundation.
Continue readingAlumna establishes gift in memory of her father, a former KU professor
A University of Kansas alumna has committed $400,000 through her estate to honor her father, Ethan Allen, a former chair of KU’s Department of Political Science.
Continue readingKU Endowment trustees elect chair, vice chair and new trustees
At its 119th annual meeting Oct. 22, the KU Endowment Board of Trustees appointed A. Drue Jennings as board chair, reappointed Judge Deanell Reece Tacha as vice chair and elected five new trustees. Jennings replaces Kurt Watson, of Wichita, whose four-year term ended.
Continue readingKU Endowment provides record $115.1 million to KU
KU Endowment provided a record $115.1 million in philanthropic support to the University of Kansas in fiscal year 2010, a 9.2 percent increase over the previous fiscal year.
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