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 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.
Continue readingKU professors honored for Chancellors Club teaching and research awards
This year’s University of Kansas Chancellors Club professor and researcher award recipients include two internationally known professors — a philosophy professor on the Lawrence campus and a pharmacology, toxicology and therapeutics professor at the KU Medical Center.
Continue readingGiving to KU reaches $110.2 million, a new milestone
For the third year in a row, contributions to KU Endowment in support of the University of Kansas reached a new record.
Continue readingGrateful alumnus left more than $800,000 for KU scholarships
When Nelson Gipson realized how close to death he was, he summoned his attorney.
Continue readingKU professor’s legacy of giving reaches $2.2 million
A University of Kansas professor who pioneered the theory of psychological reactance, also known as “reverse psychology,” has donated $2.2 million for KU’s Department of Psychology.
Continue readingFormer KU chancellor and wife establish new faculty award
Nationally known University of Kansas debate coach Scott Harris is the inaugural recipient of a new teaching professorship award thanks to a gift from former Chancellor Gene Budig and his wife, Gretchen.
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