News Categories: KU Endowment

Passion for architecture, reading sparks couple to plan $2 million estate gift for KU

Gratitude for the scholarship support they received in college, and a lifelong passion for reading, has led University of Kansas alumnus Michael Cummings and his wife, Pamela Miller, of Kansas City, Missouri, to make a $2 million gift commitment for the University of Kansas.

KU Endowment elects four new trustees

At today’s annual meeting of the KU Endowment Board of Trustees, four new trustees were elected: Angela Chammas of Hawthorn Woods, Illinois; Marvin Motley of Leawood, Kansas; Diane Yetter of Chicago; and Carl Krehbiel, of Moundridge, Kansas.

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.

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.

Former librarian bequeaths $1 million for KU’s Spencer Research Library

On a visit to the Kenneth Spencer Research Library at the University of Kansas, you would be hard pressed to find someone who did not know the work and impact of Sandy Mason.

Marching Jayhawks to debut new uniforms in the fall

For more than a century, the University of Kansas Marching Jayhawks have added spirit and music to KU football games. Next fall, the 270-member marching band will return to Memorial Stadium with yet another crowd-pleaser in store — new uniforms in KU’s colors — crimson and blue.

$1 million gift will expand and enhance Osher Institute programming

A $1 million gift from The Bernard Osher Foundation will strengthen an endowed fund that benefits the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, a unit of Continuing Education at the University of Kansas.