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KU Endowment board members elect four new trustees

At the annual meeting of the KU Endowment Board of Trustees on Oct. 15, four new trustees were elected: Kannon Shanmugam of Great Falls, Virginia; Petra Tasheff of New York, New York; Elizabeth Boldridge Tovar of Iowa City, Iowa; and Frank Tsuru of Houston, Texas.

Four educators receive Chancellors Club Teaching Professorships

Wen-Xing Ding, a scientist at the University of Kansas Medical Center who specializes in research into the mechanisms of degradation and recycling of cells in the liver, is the recipient of the 2021 Chancellors Club Research Award.

Liver disease researcher at KU Medical Center receives Chancellors Club Research Award

KU musicology professor receives 2021 Chancellors Club Career Teaching Award

Paul Laird, professor of musicology at the University of Kansas, is known for his creative, energetic teaching style filled with movement and music.

KU alumnus honors petroleum engineering professor with gift

Zack Holland didn’t know he wanted to be a petroleum engineer.

KC law firm establishes scholarship for underrepresented students at KU Law

Stueve Siegel Hanson, a Kansas City, Missouri-based law firm, has given a $1 million gift to establish a scholarship for Black students at the University of Kansas School of Law.

$1.5 million gift supports KU School of Nursing professorships

The KU School of Nursing taught Christine Hartley about making a positive impact in her world.

One Day. One KU. reaches new height, raising nearly $3.4 million in fourth year

KU’s fourth annual One Day. One KU. giving day brought in gifts benefiting everything from butterflies to Alzheimer’s disease research on its most successful giving day to date.