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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.

Winter family accelerates $1.7 million gift to law, athletics

For KU alumni Nancy and Wint Winter Sr., the only thing as satisfying as giving was seeing the good a gift could do.

Emporia couple commit $1 million in support of KU School of Medicine-Wichita

KU alumnus Scott Smiley and Julie Smiley want to be a part of educating doctors who will care for generations of patients.

Retired librarian who lived frugally leaves $1.4 million for KU libraries, scholarships

Martha A. “Matt” Mueller, a University of Kansas alumna and retired librarian, left an estate gift of more than $1.4 million to support the university’s libraries and to provide scholarships for students with financial need.

$2.8 million gift establishes scholarships for KU medical students

A gift of more than $2.8 million from the estate of a California couple who were native Kansans will fund scholarships for medical students at the University of Kansas School of Medicine.

$1 million gift from KU alumni establishes chemical engineering research lab

A $1 million gift from University of Kansas alumni Richard and Elizabeth Hoover of Northport, Michigan, will establish a chemical engineering research lab at KU’s School of Engineering.

Gift creates award to benefit Hispanic women in engineering at KU

A gift from the E. Eugene Carter Foundation establishes an annual opportunity award fund to benefit female Hispanic students in the School of Engineering at the University of Kansas.

Estate gift from KU alumnus and his wife enhances scholarship support for journalism students

A $1.36 million gift from the estate of the late KU alumnus John P. Kaiser and his wife, Mary Kaiser, will provide scholarship support for journalism students.

Teacher leaves $7.4 million estate to University of Kansas

A retired high-school teacher in Concordia, Kansas, has left a $7.4 million estate gift to benefit students majoring in the arts, humanities and education at the University of Kansas.