KU alumni’s generous gift sparked by fond game-day memories, a passion for giving back and an eye for economic growth opportunities.
Continue readingPaul and Linda DeBruce provide $25 million gift for KU Gateway District
Healing the heartland: STORM program sends students to practice medicine in rural areas
This summer, first- and second-year students at the University of Kansas School of Medicine are participating in a program that allows them to gain medical experience in rural areas across Kansas. The Summer Training Option in Rural Medicine, or STORM, is an elective program available to students at all three School of Medicine campuses: Kansas City, Salina and Wichita.
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Inspired by his father, a family practitioner in rural Kansas, KU alumnus pledges $15 million for scholarships at KU School of Medicine
Continue reading$10 million gift ensures construction of new entrepreneurship hub at KU
Anonymous donor supplements original $50 million lead gift toward purposeful project
Continue readingBedford Falls Foundation commits $1.6 million to support KU School of Nursing scholarships
The University of Kansas School of Nursing has received $1.6 million in support from the Bedford Falls Foundation-DAF to fund undergraduate nursing scholarships, increasing KU’s positive impact on the future of nursing for generations.
Continue readingGiving goals: Couple’s charitable estate planning taps into new tools to fund scholarships for students in need
Murray and Julie Levin attended KU School of Law together in the mid-1970s, and while law school lasted three years, what they learned while they were students has had benefits for a lifetime.
Continue readingHardy family provides $2 million gift to propel restoration of iconic KU Natural History Museum exhibit
KU alumni Tom and Jan Hardy have provided a $2 million gift to the University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum to fuel preservation efforts for the historic exhibit at the heart of the museum, the Panorama.
Continue readingTwo generations, one legacy: Building educational impact through philanthropy and endowments
Family makes giving to support teachers a tradition.
Continue readingKU alumnus builds on ROTC excellence with award that provides uniforms, highlights Jayhawk BattalionÂ
Retired Army Brig. Gen. Charles L. Taylor had the best of both worlds when he attended KU and participated in the Reserve Officer Training Corps in the early 1980s.
Continue readingDean establishes opportunity fund to assist successors
When University of Kansas School of Law Dean Stephen Mazza was a boy in Huntsville, Alabama, the legacy of his family’s giving towered over him.
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