2/22/10
Foundation provides $100,000 for lung cancer research
A $100,000 gift from LUNGevity Foundation of Chicago will provide support for two lung cancer research projects at The University of Kansas Cancer Center.

2/15/10
Physicians give $200,000 for patient simulation
The patients may be artificial, but the training is real. Across the University of Kansas Medical Center, curricula include the use of high-tech teaching mannequins. Students learn about anatomy and hone procedural and critical-thinking skills in risk-free settings when working on these simulated patients.

2/1/10
Donors band together to bring new Steinway to Lied Center
There’s a new star on the stage of the Lied Center of Kansas — a Steinway D concert grand piano. Four University of Kansas donors: Barbara Nordling, Dave and Gunda Hiebert, and Hurst Coffman, provided more than half of the funds to KU Endowment for purchase of the $105,000 piano. This was augmented by gifts from 30 other KU alumni and friends.

1/21/10
The Anschutz Foundation Donates $200,000 to Spencer Museum at KU
A $200,000 gift from The Anschutz Foundation of Denver significantly advances an academic programs initiative launched by the Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas.

 1/13/10
Hall Family Foundation gives $18 million 'game-changing' gift to KU Cancer Center
The Hall Family Foundation of Kansas City has committed $18 million to the University of Kansas Cancer Center and the Midwest Cancer Alliance, opening doors to innovative cancer treatment and research for the heartland region.

 12/21/09
$10 million gift adds momentum to quest for NCI designation
A $10 million gift from a Texas couple with ties to Kansas City will support The University of Kansas Cancer Center. Joe and Jean Brandmeyer of El Paso, Texas, made the gift to The University of Kansas Hospital.

 12/7/09
Sunderland Foundation makes $1 million gift for cancer research
A new fundraising council will help The University of Kansas Cancer Center in its quest to achieve designation by the National Cancer Institute (NCI).

 11/10/09
Scholarship established for KU students who study abroad
In honor of their late son's passion for international traveling, a Prairie Village, Kan., couple has established a new scholarship for University of Kansas students who study abroad.

 10/29/09
$250,000 gift adds to professorship for KU School of Medicine’s ophthalmology department
Luther Fry lives and works 400 miles from the University of Kansas Medical Center. But distance is no barrier to his vision for the KU School of Medicine’s Department of Ophthalmology. Luther and Ardis Fry, of Garden City, Kan., recently provided an additional $250,000 gift to augment an endowed fund they established through KU Endowment in 2001.

 10/26/09
Student award honors professor who championed social justice
A new award established in memory of a University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita professor will benefit one graduating master's of public health student each year.

 10/21/09
KU alumnus leaves $2.5 million estate gift for scholarships
KU alumnus Paul Brooker thought so much of his alma mater that he left an estate gift of $2.5 million to KU Endowment for unrestricted scholarship support of University of Kansas students.

 10/15/09
Construction set to begin on new office building at KU Medical Center
A new environmentally friendly building is on the horizon at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Construction will begin this fall on a three-story 40,000-square-foot building at the southeast corner of Rainbow and Olathe boulevards. The $6 million project will be funded by KU Endowment. The first and second floors will provide space for the medical center, the third floor will house KU Endowment offices.

 10/9/09
KU Endowment board elects seven new trustees
At its 118th annual meeting on Friday, Oct. 9, the KU Endowment Board of Trustees elected seven new trustees.

 10/9/09
KU Endowment provides $105.4 million to KU
KU Endowment provided a near-record $105.4 million in support to KU’s four campuses in fiscal 2009, which ended June 30, including a 7 percent increase in student support over the 2008 fiscal year. This is the second highest level of support KU Endowment has ever supplied to KU.

 10/5/09
A $2.5 million gift sets the stage for expansion of KU’s Lied Center
A $2.5 million gift from the Lied Foundation Trust will pave the way for the Lied Center of Kansas, one of the state’s premier performing arts venues, to expand. The gift will fund expansion of Lied Center’s lobby, construction of an education pavilion, creation of additional office space and installation of displays about the history of Ernst F. Lied and the Lied Foundation Trust.