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12/13/06
KU Awards Privately Funded Scholarships to More
Than 5,000 Students
More than 5,000 University of Kansas students will benefit from about $23.5 million in privately funded scholarships, fellowships and awards during the 2006-07 academic year.
12/1/06
Expansion and Renovation Planned for Danforth Chapel
Sixty years after its dedication, Danforth Chapel at the University of Kansas will undergo a major renovation and expansion.
11/20/06
Physician Invested with Groundbreaking Professorship
The chief of the Dermatology Division at the University of Kansas Medical Center has been formally invested with a term professorship that is the first and only of its kind at KU School of Medicine..
11/17/06
Gifts Help Student Create a New Way for Blind
Students to Navigate
University of Kansas graduate student Rachel Magario is helping blind students find their way around campus by creating a new kind of map. These navigation charts interpret the campus from the perspective of someone who is blind.
10/30/06
New Scholarship Created With $5 Million Gift
A $5 million gift has created a scholarship program to help students with financial need attend the University of Kansas. Known as the Christina M. Hixson Opportunity Awards, the scholarship program will offer $5,000 scholarships to qualifying students from across Kansas.
10/26/06
Biomechanics Researcher Honored With KU Professorship
A professor whose research has contributed to the field of orthopedic biomechanics has been invested with a new professorship at the University of Kansas Medical Center.
10/26/06
Alumnus Pledges $30,000 for Study Abroad Scholarships
An active alumnus has pledged $30,000 to establish study abroad scholarships for engineering students at the University of Kansas.
10/20/06
Gifts Help Reopen Danforth Chapel
KU has replaced the red roof of its historic Danforth Chapel, destroyed in the March 12 storm that hit Lawrence and the KU campus.
10/17/06
KU Scholarship Honors Sharon Valley Native
A scholarship honoring the life of Lester Suhler, a Sharon Valley native, has been established for University of Kansas students from the area.
10/16/06
Love of Cello Leads to Scholarships
Sidney Hahn Culver was near retirement when she chanced to meet the sonorous cello she recently gave to the University of Kansas. The sound of the instrument -- now valued at more than $100,000 -- took her breath away in 1985. Someday the cello will ease the financial hardships of KU music students.
10/10/06
Medical Historian Honored With Professorship
A physician with a passion for the history of American medicine has been invested with a new professorship at the University of Kansas Medical Center.
10/9/06
KU Endowment Board Elects New Trustees
At its 115th annual meeting on Friday, Oct. 6, 2006, the KU Endowment Board of Trustees named a new chairman and elected two new trustees.
10/9/06
KU Honors KU Scientist and Communications Professor
A longtime former University of Kansas debate coach and a pioneering KU nervous system researcher have been selected as the 2006 recipients of an annual $5,000 award for their teaching and research at KU.
10/06/06
KU Endowment Surpasses $1 Billion Milestone
More than 41,000 donors helped provide $99 million in support for the University of Kansas in fiscal year 2006 and helped push the university's endowment to more than $1 billion.
9/26/06
Scholarship Honoring Norton County Couple Established
Graduating high school students of Norton County, Kan., are eligible for a new University of Kansas scholarship established in honor of two longtime Norton residents.
9/21/06
A first for the School of Nursing
A University of Kansas School of Nursing alumna and her husband have celebrated the school's centennial by establishing KU nursing's first endowed professorship.
9/13/06
Former KU Chancellor Helps Create Writing Professorship
Beginning in 2007, a new teaching professorship in writing will provide a $5,000 award to University of Kansas faculty members in education and journalism.
9/7/06
Heir Tracy Gary to Talk about the Joy of Giving Away Money
Tracy Gary -- best known for creating nonprofits, inspiring others to donate and giving away her own wealth -- will be the keynote speaker at Women Philanthropists for KU's fall luncheon Friday, Sept. 8.
8/30/06
New Chancellors Club Scholars Celebrate Their Award
Future engineers, architects, musicians and scientists are among the 16 students who have received top honors as the 2006-2007 Chancellors Club Scholars at the University of Kansas.
8/16/06
Former Dean, Wife Donate $25,000 for International
Educators
George and Eleanor Woodyard have pledged $25,000 to KU Endowment for the Office of International Programs to endow the George and Eleanor Woodyard International Educator Award.
7/31/06
KU Tests Pioneering Breast Cancer Screening Technology
For young women who are at high risk for developing breast cancer, annual mammograms present a dilemma: Each test delivers a tiny dose of radiation that may build up over time and cause problems.
7/20/06
$2 Million to Fund Geriatric Training for Doctors
The Donald W. Reynolds Foundation has awarded KU Endowment a $2 million grant to support geriatric medical education at the University of Kansas School of Medicine. The grant will help fund the new Kansas Reynolds Program in Aging based at the Landon Center on Aging.
7/19/06
Getty Funds Plan for Historic KU Buildings
A $130,000 grant from the Getty Foundation, a program of the J. Paul Getty Trust in Los Angeles, will help the University of Kansas create a preservation master plan to guide future preservation and development on the historic campus.
7/11/06
Alumnus Pledges $500,000 for Business Faculty
Before the KU School of Business can attract the top students, the school must have the means to encourage the best business teachers and researchers, said Stanley Porter, business ’41. That’s why Porter, a retired partner of Ernst & Young, recently committed a total of $500,000 for funds for KU business faculty members.
7/10/06
First Scholarship Recipient Starts Summer Nursing in India
This month a graduate of the University of Kansas School of Nursing is traveling to India as part of a program to better train future health care providers in the field of global health.
7/6/06
Alumni Association gets new look thanks to Borden family gift
The K.S. “Boots” Adams Alumni Center at the University of Kansas has received a landscaping facelift and a new plaza for outdoor events, thanks to a $100,000 gift from a former KU Alumni Association chair and his wife.
7/5/06
KU & Children's Mercy Establish Obesity Center
The University of Kansas and Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics are joining forces to counter the growing obesity epidemic by developing a cutting-edge obesity research, treatment and community outreach center. Obesity now afflicts 24.3 percent of all Kansas children and 32 percent of all Missouri children.
6/6/06
Scholarship Helps Student Move from Katrina to KU
A $15,000 KU Endowment scholarship has helped graduate student Lisa Martinez move from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina to a bright future on Mount Oread.
5/16/06
Radiology Professors Honored at KU Medical Center
A longtime professor of radiology and chair of the Department of Radiology at the University of Kansas Medical Center was formally invested today with a professorship.
5/9/06
Breaking Ground on the Future
Donors, alumni and university officials dug in on Monday to break ground and symbolize the start of construction of the new Sabatini Multicultural Resource Center at the University of Kansas.
5/8/06
Million Dollar Talkers
KU's student superheroes are connecting with alumni and bringing in millions for scholarships for their fellow students and other programs at KU. Last fiscal year, which ended June 30, 2005, the students raised $1.01 million by calling KU alumni. So far this fiscal year, they have raised $1.5 million in pledges.
4/19/06
Exercise Program for Diabetes Patients Provides
Fun & Hope
It's 7:15 a.m. at the University of Kansas Medical Center, and Kay Sweeney is preparing to participate in an exercise class designed for patients with diabetes. But first, a health-care professional overseeing the session monitors her vital signs: Sweeney's pulse, blood pressure, blood-sugar and blood-oxygen levels. Sweeney has type 2 diabetes and monitoring these signs will help determine the intensity of exercise or whether she should be exerting herself at all.
3/28/06
Rapoff Named as the new Ralph L. Smith Professor in Pediatrics
A longtime professor of pediatrics and chief of the Division of Behavioral Pediatrics at the University of Kansas Medical Center was formally invested today with a professorship.
3/15/06
Donors Help KU Student Pursue Dream of "Building" His Country
For KU students eyeing their future diplomas, post-graduation plans might include landing the perfect job, or graduate school, maybe a little travel. For KU junior John Mutiso, graduation in 2007 will mean the chance to help build his native Nairobi, Kenya – one structure at a time. Two KU Endowment donors are helping to make Mutiso's dreams come true.
2/28/06
Scholarship Helps Students Pursue Business Degrees
A former Hallmark executive and his wife have established a $150,000 scholarship fund to help Kansas City, Kan., area students pursue business degrees at the University of Kansas.
2/3/06
Kemper Grant Keeps the "Suprise Patrol" Going
A gift of $150,000 from the William T. Kemper Foundation will extend the foundation’s faculty award program at the University of Kansas – and its annual “Surprise Patrol” – for three years.
1/27/06
Endowment 20th Among Public Universities
A recent survey of more than 700 college and university endowments ranked the size of the University of Kansas endowment 57th among all universities and 20th among all public institutions, Dale Seuferling, KU Endowment president, announced today.
1/26/06
Scholarship Celebrates Memory of Daughter
Twenty years after the death of her daughter, Hope Talbot has found a way to memorialize her and help students pursue arts careers.
1/11/06
Former Chancellor Helps Give $1 Million for Library
Former University of Kansas Chancellor Archie Dykes and his wife, Nancy, have established a $1 million endowment for the Dykes Library at the KU Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan.
1/6/06
KU’s Quest to Cure Cancer
For Michael Machen’s cancer patients in the western Kansas community of Quinter, access to the latest treatments and drug trials can sometimes mean a trip of more than 800 miles. However, KU’s Roy Jensen, M.D., envisions a future where everyone in Quinter will be able to stay close to home to get state-of-the-art care Jensen is working to create a comprehensive cancer center based at KU that could someday reach out to people in rural communities.
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