Current News Releases | 2008 Archives
News Releases-2008 Archives
12/19/08
KU awards $29.6 million in scholarship support to students for 2008-09
More than 6,500 students at the University of Kansas will receive an estimated $29.6 million in privately funded scholarship support during the 2008-09 academic year. This represents a $1.9 million increase over the 2007-08 academic year, in which KU students received $27.7 million in scholarships, fellowships and awards.
12/16/08
New gifts benefit KU faculty in public administration and architectural engineering
Faculty at the University of Kansas made such a positive impression on Jerry Smith of Norman, Okla., that he and his wife, Lee, decided to give back. The Smiths have created a $30,000 faculty fund and a $10,000 gift annuity for the Department of Public Administration. They also established a $10,000 gift annuity for faculty development in architectural engineering.
12/15/08
KU Endowment to match 5,000th gift made online
Doubling a gift to the University of Kansas has never been easier. Nearly 5,000 online donations have been made to the university via KU Endowment. To celebrate this milestone, when a donor makes the 5,000th online gift at kuendowment.org, KU Endowment will match it up to $500. The match will support the same purpose as the donor’s designated gift.
12/08/08
Multi-million dollar grant to advance medical innovations in life sciences
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation today announced an $8.1 million grant to the University of Kansas to establish the Institute for Advancing Medical Innovation, a unique life science proof-of-concept model that draws support from higher education, philanthropy and industry experts to move medical innovations from the lab to the market. To enhance the impact of the Kauffman Foundation’s support, the Kansas University Endowment Association will match the grant through contributions from other donors.
11/20/08
Alumnus leaves $200,000 bequest for KU voice scholarships
A $200,000 bequest from 1950 University of Kansas alumnus Frank Heckendorn honors a longtime KU professor and will benefit generations of KU women who study voice.
11/19/08
Garden city man plans estate gift for Marching Jayhawks
Distance is no barrier to Alan Riedel’s love for the Marching Jayhawks. The Garden City resident has no formal ties to the University of Kansas and lives 350 miles from Lawrence, but he’s such a great fan that he has made estate plans to leave $200,000 to the marching band’s endowment fund.
11/18/08
New KU scholarships will benefit students from Wyandotte County and Topeka
Grateful parents of two University of Kansas graduates have given $550,000 for two scholarships at KU. The scholarships will benefit engineering students from Wyandotte County and students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences from Topeka.
11/18/08
KU Department of Pediatrics Receives $12,600
The University of Kansas Medical Center’s Department of Pediatrics received a $12,600 gift today from the Kirse family and the Shawnee Mission/Kansas City Delta Delta Delta Alumnae Association.
10/24/08
KU Endowment board elects five new trustees
The KU Endowment Board of Trustees elected five new trustees at its 117th annual meeting on Friday, Oct. 24.
10/24/08
Donors to KU Break Fundraising Record
The University of Kansas benefited from record-breaking support from private donors in fiscal 2008.
10/24/08
University leaders unveil senior class gift
The gift from the Class of 2008 is now in place.
The senior class gift is a brick inlay embedded in the sidewalk outside of the Ambler Student Recreation Fitness Center.
10/20/08
16 students named Chancellors Club scholars for 2008-09
Future scientists, engineers, doctors, psychologists, attorneys, musicians, business leaders and social workers are among the 16 students who have been named 2008-09 Chancellors Club Scholars at the University of Kansas.
10/10/08
Philanthropist Annette Bloch makes historic $20 million gift to The University of Kansas Hospital Cancer Program
In what is believed to be the largest individual gift ever made to a hospital in the Kansas City area or the state of Kansas, philanthropist and civic leader Annette Bloch is donating $20 million to The University of Kansas Hospital cancer services.
10/10/08
Professors from KU’s School of Pharmacy and School of Nursing selected for Chancellors Club teaching and research awards
A School of Pharmacy professor and a School of Nursing researcher have been selected to receive the 2008 Chancellors Club award for their teaching and research at the University of Kansas. Val Stella and Carol Smith will be honored Oct. 24 at the annual Chancellors Club celebration. Each will receive a $6,000 award.
10/9/08
University of Kansas Cancer Center receives $1 million gift
Floriene and George Lieberman of Leawood have given $1 million to the University of Kansas Cancer Center to aid in its pursuit of National Cancer Institute designation.
10/9/08
KU alumna's gift creates new walkway on Lawrence campus
Thanks to the generosity of University of Kansas alumna Jane Veatch Barber, Lawrence, KU students, faculty and staff can take a new walkway from the upper part of Mount Oread, past the Hall Center for the Humanities to Sunnyside Ave.
10/6/08
New fellowship established for Beach Center on Disability
A new fellowship will provide support to University of Kansas doctoral students and researchers who are affiliated with KU’s Beach Center on Disability.
10/3/08
Wichita resident’s $1 million bequest will fund new fellowship at KU School of Medicine in Wichita or in Kansas City, Kan.
Lifelong Wichita resident Gwen Jager has made estate plans to leave about $1 million for a fellowship in internal medicine at the University of Kansas School of Medicine in Wichita or in Kansas City, Kan. Jager’s late husband, Wichita physician Thor Jager, M.D., was renowned in the fields of pathology and internal medicine.
10/1/08
Couple's gift built lasting fund for political science scholarships
University of Kansas alumnus Frederic Gustafson created a lasting legacy in the field of aeronautics when he helped develop the helicopter. With his wife, Eleanor, he created a lasting legacy at KU by establishing a scholarship for political science undergraduates.
9/20/08
New scholarship hall continues strong KU tradition
The new Floyd H. and Kathryn Krehbiel Scholarship Hall will provide a home on campus for generations of talented University of Kansas students. On Saturday, Chancellor Robert E. Hemenway led a ceremony to dedicate Krehbiel as KU’s 12th scholarship hall.
9/18/08
Marching Jayhawks to benefit from new fund
Major donors for the University of Kansas’ newly opened Anderson Family Football Complex have created a new fund to help support KU’s game-day musicians — the Marching Jayhawks.
9/9/08
KU Center for Telemedicine and Telehealth receives $40,000 gift
The University of Kansas Center for Telemedicine and Telehealth received a $40,000 gift from the Northwest Kansas Area Medical Foundation in Goodland. The gift will bring high-definition technology and support a new cutting-edge radiology service for the statewide telemedicine network.
9/3/08
Financial guru Michelle Singletary to speak at University of Kansas
Michelle Singletary, nationally syndicated columnist for The Washington Post, will speak at 12 p.m. Sept. 12 during the keynote event of Women Philanthropists for KU, at the Adams Alumni Center.
8/26/08
Scholarships created for American Studies and African and African-American studies
Generations of University of Kansas students will benefit from two $10,000 endowed scholarships established in memory of former KU professor Chico Herbison’s parents. The John S. and Yoshino Harmon scholarships will benefit humanities multicultural scholars majoring in African and African-American Studies, as well as students majoring in American Studies. They were established by Herbison and his sister, Tonya Farmer.
8/20/08
Health care grants support services for residents of Kansas City, Kan.
Grants to the University of Kansas from the REACH Healthcare Foundation will help provide mental health services and medical care in Kansas City, Kan. The grants, which total $215,045, help support two Kansas City, Kan., programs —Youth Success and Silver City Health Center. The grants were made to KU Endowment.
8/12/08
New fellowship funds graduate research in Central America
University of Kansas graduate students studying Central America will benefit from a $115,000 gift to KU Endowment from Charles Stansifer, professor emeritus of Latin American history.
7/7/08
Lecture series established to examine neurological disorders
The University of Kansas has received a donation to create a lecture series at the Higuchi Biosciences Center that will allow KU scientists to share the latest research on neurological and neurodegenerative disorders.
7/2/08
New scholarship created for piano students
University of Kansas piano students today and tomorrow will benefit from a new scholarship established by William Dann. The scholarship honors Richard Angeletti, professor emeritus of piano who taught at KU from 1960 until 1999.
5/29/08
Chemistry scholarship established for women doctoral students
On his 80th birthday, University of Kansas alumnus Thomas Milne and his family established a $30,000 endowed scholarship. The Thomas A. Milne Endowed Chemistry Scholarship will provide scholarship support to KU women who are studying for doctoral degrees in chemistry.
5/20/08
Lawrence couple creates bequest for English as a second language
Many people have heard these words throughout their lives and possibly dismissed them with little thought. But James and Nang Rives bring life to this old saying. Through their love of knowledge and appreciation for KU, they plan to make it easier for others to continue learning as well.
5/2/08
Google invests in KU’s Studio 804
Internet company Google has made a $100,000 gift to help University of Kansas architecture students design and build sustainable structures, including one of the first new “green” buildings in Greensburg, Kan.
5/1/08
New education scholarship honors former professor
When William LaShier came to the KU School of Education in 1965, he couldn’t have anticipated the influence he would have on students or the fond memories he would leave behind.
5/1/08
Student ticket endowment fund named for longtime theatre professor
A new Student Ticket Endowment Fund for the University Theatre at the University of Kansas is being named for Jack B. Wright, longtime professor of theatre and film. Income from the fund will give students at KU and Haskell Indian Nations University the opportunity to see University Theatre productions.
4/29/08
Nutritionist invested with inaugural Rice Professorship at KU Medical Center
Professor Susan Carlson, Ph.D., was invested April 29, with a professorship established by a gift from the estate of A.J. Rice of Graham County, Kan. The professorship will help support her research on docosahexaenoic acid, or DHA, an omega-3 fatty acid found in high concentrations in the brain and retina.
4/25/08
KU celebrates opening of new multicultural center
A new landmark has opened its doors on Jayhawk Boulevard at the University of Kansas, the Sabatini Multicultural Resource Center, whose mission is to recognize and celebrate diversity at KU.
4/22/08
Oncologist invested with inaugural Gaines Professorship at KU School of Medicine-Wichita
Assistant Professor Thomas Schulz, M.D. was invested today with a professorship to boost cancer research and treatment at the Wichita campus of the KU School of Medicine. The professorship was established by a $1 million gift from Frank and Beverly Gaines, of Hamilton, Kan.
4/17/08
New scholarship provides study abroad support for German majors
A University of Kansas alumnus has established a $150,000 scholarship fund for students who participate in KU’s language institute in Germany.
4/10/08
Seniors launch drive to raise funds for 2008 class gift
KU Endowment is partnering with the Board of Class Officers at the University of Kansas to raise funds from graduating students for the 2008 senior class gift.
4/9/08
KU Cancer Center receives $2 million endowed professorship
The University of Kansas Cancer Center received $2 million from
the Morris Family Foundation to establish the Mark and Bette Morris Family
Chair in Cancer Prevention, which will support a physician scientist
specializing in breast cancer prevention.
4/7/08
Planned bequest to provide scholarships for five schools at University of Kansas
A University of Kansas alumnus has established a bequest for KU Endowment to provide individual scholarships for five schools at the University of Kansas.
4/3/08
Alumnus establishes bequest to promote diversity at KU
It took 12 years for University of Kansas alumnus Kenneth Nevius to earn his bachelor's degree at KU. His perseverance paid off. And now, with a successful career of his own, he's made estate plans to provide scholarships to help future generations of KU students.
2/13/08
Chase County couple’s bequest to fund KU autism research
The Schiefelbusch Institute for Life Span Studies at the University of Kansas will benefit from a bequest of more than $1 million from a rural Chase County couple. The gift from the estate of Wanda and Thomas Pyle will support research that benefits children who have developmental disabilities.
2/11/08
International House provides a home away from home for visiting international scholars
The University of Kansas now has a place that visiting international scholars can call home. On Saturday, Chancellor Robert E. Hemenway led a ceremony to officially open KU’s International House.
2/08/08
Scholarship honors former KU professor of education
In the prime of his life, Gordon Alley’s career was cut short. On an autumn morning in 1982, as the 49-year-old University of Kansas professor of special education was riding his motorized scooter to work, a car hit him. Alley, who had taught at KU since 1970, suffered head injuries. He lived another 14 years but never was able to return to work.
1/25/08
Gift provides new Steinway piano for Kansas Public Radio
A Haydn sonata and a Debussy etude christened KPR’s new Steinway piano in a live broadcast on Friday, Jan. 25. KU doctoral student Michael Kirkendoll performed on the Steinway Music Room Grand Piano for Rachel Hunter’s classical music show.
1/23/08
Former Sen. Bob Dole makes $500,000 gift for Dole Institute Endowment
Former Sen. Bob Dole, R-Kan., has given a $500,000 gift to the Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas.
1/22/08
KU researcher earns fellowship for HIV work
A University of Kansas Medical Center pulmonary researcher is the first Kansas City-based scientist to be awarded a Parker B. Francis Fellowship.
1/15/08
Scholarship established for women student-athletes who study journalism
A new University of Kansas scholarship will provide academic scholarships to women student-athletes enrolled in the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications.
1/11/08
Former U.S. Senator Bob Dole joins fight against cancer in Kansas
Former U.S. Senator Bob Dole, a 52-year Kansas Mason of Russell Lodge #177, has been a long-standing financial supporter of the Kansas Masonic Foundation or KMF. Last December, Senator Dole notified the Foundation of his desire to support the Partnership for Life Campaign, giving $150,000 to create a prostate cancer research fund at the University of Kansas Cancer Center.
1/09/08
KU alumna establishes voice and opera scholarship in honor of retired professor
A University of Kansas alumna’s positive experience as a graduate student prompted her to establish a $100,000 endowed scholarship for graduate students studying voice and opera at KU.
1/07/08
New partnership creates professorship for geriatric rehabilitation and health care
The University of Kansas School of Allied Health is taking steps to remedy not only the shortage of geriatric therapists but also the many health care issues elderly patients face.