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12/8/05
Grantham Invested as Statland Professor
A University of Kansas Distinguished Professor of Medicine and expert in polycystic kidney disease was formally invested today with the Harry Statland Professorship in Nephrology at the KU Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan.
12/1/05
KU Awards $8 Million in Scholarships
The University of Kansas has awarded $8 million in privately funded scholarships to students in fall 2005.
12/1/05
Communications Veteran Takes Over New Position at KU Endowment
A communications veteran with 26 years of experience in media and marketing has been named senior vice president of communications and marketing at KU Endowment, association President Dale Seuferling announced today.
11/16/05
Businessman Bequeaths $1 Million for KU Business and Athletics Programs
A University of Kansas alumnus who worked his way through school beginning in junior high has bequeathed $1 million for business and athletics, part of more than $2 million in commitments he made for KU before his death.
11/11/05
Ottawa Native Establishes Scholarship in Journalism at KU
A retired journalist and marketing executive who grew up in Ottawa, Kan., has established a substantial scholarship fund for University of Kansas journalism students.
10/28/05
Five Trustees Join the KU Endowment Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees of the Kansas University Endowment Association gathered for its 114th annual meeting on October 28, 2005, at the Hall Center for the Humanities on KU’s Lawrence Campus and elected five new trustees to the board, one of whom will hold the position of secretary.
10/28/05
Chancellors Club Scholars Named For 2005-2006 Academic Year
Sixteen University of Kansas freshmen have received top honors as the Chancellors Club Scholars for 2005-2006. The Chancellors Club, the major-donor organization at the Kansas University Endowment Association, finances the renewable scholarships, which recognize National Merit finalists who have outstanding high school records. Eight students from Kansas high schools and eight from out of state have been added to the roster of Chancellors Club Scholars.
10/28/05
KU Chancellors Club Honors KU Medical Center Scientist
Dale R. Abrahamson, an internationally recognized researcher in kidney development and the chair of the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at the University of Kansas Medical Center, is the recipient of the 2005 Chancellors Club Research Award.
10/28/05
KU Pharmaceutical Chemistry Professor Receives Career Teaching Award
Ronald T. Borchardt, the Solon E. Summerfield Distinguished Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry at the University of Kansas, has been awarded the Chancellors Club Career Teaching Award for 2005.
10/28/05
KU Endowment Support for KU in FY05 Exceeds $100 Million
The Kansas University Endowment Association provided record support of $103.9 million for the University of Kansas in fiscal year 2005, surpassing the $100 million mark for the first time.
10/26/05
Clay Center Native Gives for KU Scholarship in Business
An alumnus of Clay Center Community High School has added more than $55,800 to a scholarship for Clay Center students who want to study business at the University of Kansas.
9/21/05
$500,000 Gift to Fund New KU Campus Gateway
A family with strong ties to the University of Kansas and the state of Kansas has pledged $500,000 for a new gateway for the northeastern edge of the Lawrence campus, KU Chancellor Robert Hemenway announced today.
9/12/05
Gift Honors Parents' Commitment to KU
Dorothy Sanders' education at the University of Kansas may have been cut short by the hardships of the Great Depression, but that didn't stop her from dreaming of a college education for daughters Nancy and Kathryn.
8/30/05
Alumnus Leaves $1.8 Million for KU's Cancer Efforts
A 1940s alumnus of Southwest High School and the University of Kansas has given almost $1.8 million for cancer research efforts at the KU Medical Center and the KU campus in Lawrence.
8/15/05
Simons Family Gives $8.5 million for KU, Community Foundation
Dolph C. Simons Jr., chairman of The World Company in Lawrence, and his family have contributed $8.5 million for the University of Kansas and the Douglas County Community Foundation, Kansas University Endowment Association President Dale Seuferling announced today.
8/12/05
Gift Provides Real-World Experiences
Thanks to Ester and Joseph Berkley’s passion for education and art, more students will have the kind of opportunities graduate student Sean Barker enjoyed as an intern for the Spencer Museum of Art.
7/13/05
Pioneering Alumna Supports Mathematics Department
When Joan Kirkham, c’48, entered the post-World War II workforce, she made it clear she was there as a mathematician and would not wait on the men in the office.
7/12/05
Annette Bloch Gives $1 Million for New KU Heart Center
Community leader and philanthropist Annette Bloch has given $1 million for The University of Kansas Hospital’s Center for Advanced Heart Care.
7/11/05
Family Gives in Honor of 40-year Commitment
For 40 years, Marc Asher, M.D., KU professor of orthopedics, has helped keep Jean Baum’s family healthy and happy.
6/16/05
Neis Professorship Awarded to Medical Mentor
A longtime University of Kansas cardiologist who has mentored almost 45 cardiology fellows during his tenure has been formally invested with a professorship in cardiovascular diseases.
5/18/05
Taylor Study Abroad Scholarships Awarded
Five University of Kansas business students bound for a study abroad program in Italy this summer have been awarded the Megan E. Taylor Memorial Scholarship.
4/15/05
Alumnus Gives $2 Million for KU Professorship
Top British political commentator and market research pioneer Sir Robert Worcester has committed a gift of $2 million to establish a distinguished professorship in the University of Kansas Department of Political Science.
4/15/05
Community Geriatrics Professor Honored at KU
A University of Kansas professor who seeks to improve the quality of life for older adults has been formally invested with a professorship in community geriatrics at the KU School of Medicine-Wichita.
4/12/05
Timmons Family Donates Renowned Course
University of Kansas and high school student-athletes of the future will always have a place to run amid the evergreens, ponds and covered bridges of Rim Rock Farm, thanks to a gift from famed KU Coach Bob “Timmie” Timmons and his wife, Pat.
4/1/05
Physician Creates Scholarship for Alma and Osage City Students
In 1949, Cal Engelmann, a graduate from Alma High School, sought out a way to afford tuition at the University of Kansas. Engelmann was befriended by Irvin Youngberg, then executive secretary of the Kansas University Endowment Association. Youngberg, who also was from rural Kansas, helped Engelmann find scholarships to attend KU.
3/29/05
Researcher Honored with Hall Family Foundation Professorship
An internationally renowned researcher in reproductive biology was honored today with the Hall Family Foundation Professorship in Molecular Medicine at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan.
3/18/05
Woodwinds Scholarship Honors Retired Professor
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3/2/05
Parkinson's Expert Invested with New Professorship
An internationally recognized researcher in Parkinson’s disease and movement disorders was formally invested today with a professorship in neurology at the University of Kansas Medical Center.
3/1/05
Student raises more than $100,000 for KU
Annie Truong is already bringing in six-figures as a 21-year old junior at the University of Kansas.
2/28/05
$8.5 Million Pledged for Lied Center Expansion
University of Kansas officials unveiled plans Saturday for a major expansion of the Lied Center, thanks to a $7.5 million challenge grant from the Lied Foundation Trust and a $1 million commitment from a Lawrence couple.
2/22/05
Foundation Donates $1 Million for Multicultural Resource Center
A family whose ancestors immigrated to the United States to seek a better life has donated $1 million to help build a new Multicultural Resource Center at the University of Kansas, Steve Munch, KU student body president, announced today.
2/17/05
Chancellors Club Names New Teaching Professor
Paul Stephen Lim, University of Kansas professor of English and creator of EAT, KU's English Alternative Theater, has been named new Chancellors Club Teaching Professor.
1/21/05
KU First Tops Goal; Totals $653 Million
KU First: Invest in Excellence, the third and largest fund-raising campaign for the University of Kansas, has raised more than $653 million to benefit the students, faculty, facilities and programs of KU on all of its campuses.
1/21/05
Fact Sheet: KU First Construction Projects
During KU First: Invest in Excellence, more than $97 million in private support was raised for 32 construction projects benefiting the University of Kansas.
1/21/05
Fact Sheet: KU First Donors of $5 million
During KU First: Invest in Excellence, more than 104,000 donors pledged or gave more than $653 million to the Kansas University Endowment Association.
1/21/05
Fact Sheet: KU First Campaign Totals by Goal
July 1, 1998 through Dec. 31, 2004
1/19/05
Oswald's Gifts for KU Top $20 million
A businessman whose $10 million gift for economics, business and unrestricted purposes put the KU economics program on a path to international recognition has doubled his commitment.
1/13/05
New Lab to Explore Environmental Change
A new laboratory under construction at the University of Kansas will help researchers use the geologic record of the past to predict how life on Earth will respond to environmental changes in the future.
1/13/05
California Couple Pledges $100,000
A former television executive and a counseling psychologist who both have strong ties to Kansas have pledged $100,000 for the education, debate and film programs of the University of Kansas.
News Releases - 2006 Archives
News Releases - 2005 Archives