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    • Alumnus to leave legacy with Spencer Museum of Art and Department of Art History
    • Nordling provides support for scholarships, Swarthout Recital Hall
    • Catherine and Prakash ‘wanted to return the favor’ to School of Business
    • Charitable gift annuities provide reliable returns
    • Couple gives for 50+ years
    • Don Green's legacy lives on
    • Donors score a victory for Jayhawk collection
    • Estate gift from KU alumnus and his wife enhances scholarship support for journalism students
    • Estate plans to benefit disabled students at KU
    • Following support for scholarships, Cochran makes gift for new business building
    • Gift supports Alzheimer’s research at KU Medical Center
    • Inspired by family, a gift for Edwards Campus students
    • New School of Nursing scholarship established
    • Professor’s phone call provided pivotal moment for KU student
    • Tri Delta alumnae support children’s cancer care at KU Medical Center
    • Pediatric neurology lectureship to add to educational experience at KU Med
    • Gift creates art scholarships and increases music, architecture scholarship funds at KU
    • Gift creates professorship, curatorship at KU, Biodiversity Institute
  • KU Giving Magazine
    • Spring 2019 Issue 28
      • First-generation Guidance
      • Why I Give
      • Setting the Stage for Success
      • A Celebration of Knowledge Sharing
      • Discovering our Origins
      • What's in your Backpack?
      • What's in your Briefcase?
      • Campus Happenings
      • New Home for Rural Health Education
      • Making KU Affordable
      • Symbols of Service and Generosity
      • A Perennial Tribute
    • Fall 2018 Issue 27
      • Building a Global Community
      • Why I Give
      • What's in your Backpack?
      • What's in your Briefcase?
      • A Patient-centered Approach
      • Unearthing History
      • KU's Fertile Environment Leads to Discovery
      • Campus Happenings
      • Sending out an SOS
      • The Power of Endowed Funds
      • Life-changing KU Experience Inspires Giving
      • 140 Tree-mendous Years
    • Spring 2018 Issue 26
      • One Day. One KU.
      • Learning at the Core
      • Competitive Boost
      • The Red Pen Lives On
      • Why I Give
      • Teaching Excellence
      • Campus Happenings
      • Award Honors Caring Hands and Hearts
      • What's in your Backpack?
      • Honoring Family Ties
      • Relic from KU's Past Flies Home
  • Annual Report
    • Annual Report 2018
      • A brighter future
      • Student Support
      • Faculty Support
      • State Support
      • Donor generosity
      • Strengthening KU
      • Financial Statements
      • Thank You
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  • News Releases
    • 2019
      • $2.8 million gift establishes scholarships for KU medical students
      • Second 24-hour giving campaign for KU raises more than $1 million
      • Tech firm Ripple supports blockchain research at KU with $2 million gift
      • $1 million gift from KU alumni establishes chemical engineering research lab
      • One Day. One KU. returns for 24 hours of giving to support KU
    • 2018
      • $3.5 million gift creates Center for Construction Safety at KU School of Engineering
      • Geoarchaeological program at KU receives $6.9 million gift
      • Gift creates award to benefit Hispanic women in engineering at KU
      • KU Endowment board elects new chair, vice chair and trustees
      • KU recognizes two educators with Chancellors Club professorships
      • Private giving to University of Kansas tops $257 million
      • Chancellors Club award recipients specialize in cancer research, journalism
      • $2 million gift establishes addictions research center at KU
      • Professorship established in honor of Kansas City civic leader
      • $1 million gift establishes communication disorders fund at KU Med
      • Teacher leaves $7.4 million estate to University of Kansas
      • McCown elected as chair of KU academic medical center advisory board
      • $2 million gift establishes diabetes professorship at KU Medical Center
      • KU alumnus to establish scholarship for art history students
      • KU alumnus announces $1 million scholarship gift to support LGBTQ students
      • Inaugural 24-hour giving campaign One Day. One KU. raises $734,621
      • Gifts totaling $1.4 million help advance KU Alzheimer's Disease Center research initiatives
      • Alumna makes $1 million gift for environmental studies fund
      • KU plans first 24-hour day of giving with One Day. One KU.
    • 2017
      • $2 million gift to establish law scholarship, liberal arts research fund at KU
      • $1 million gift endows professorship at KU Medical Center
      • $1.3 million gift establishes 5 scholarships for KU students
      • KU recognizes five educators with Chancellors Club professorships
      • KU Endowment elects three new trustees
      • New law professorship honors memorable KU educator
      • 2017 Chancellors Club professors specialize in cancer prevention, business law
      • Alumna donates $400,000 to arts at KU
      • $1.1 million gift from late professor benefits arts at KU
      • Estate gift provides funds for Spencer Museum, nursing, Dole Institute
    • 2016
      • KU Endowment celebrates 125th anniversary
      • Gift from Jedel Family Trust establishes Opportunity Fund for KU Honors Program
      • 2016 Chancellors Club professors specialize in genetic disorders, astronomy
      • Engineering alumnus leaves $2 million gift to department
      • Koch Industries gift of $1 million establishes business, engineering scholarship funds
      • Gift endows chemical engineering fund at KU
      • Retired KU educator’s gift commitment establishes Melville professorship
      • Engineering receives $4.1 million in-kind software gift
      • Gifts establish medical oncology professorship at KU Med
      • Fund provides performing arts access to Sabetha students
      • Gift turns professorship into Chair of Ophthalmology at KU
      • Far Above: The Campaign for Kansas raises more than $1.6 billion
      • Couple’s estate gift gives $3.5 million to athletics, law
      • Scholarships to benefit KU design, engineering students
      • Alumnus estate gift establishes $4 million scholarship fund
      • Hayhow elected chair of KU Academic Medical Center advisory board
      • Hall Family Foundation gift supports comprehensive cancer center designation
      • Hall Family Foundation gift supports Hall Center programs
      • Masons’ $5 million gift enhances Midwest Cancer Alliance
      • Physician educator gives $1 million for Health Education Building
      • Gift creates professorship to educate physicists
      • Gifts support student access at the Lied Center of Kansas
      • Passion for architecture, reading sparks couple to plan $2 million estate gift for KU
    • 2015
      • Gift from Chicago couple creates new center in KU School of Business
      • KU Endowment elects four new trustees
      • KU Endowment provides $184.6 million to university
      • Math instructor’s legacy extends far beyond University of Kansas
      • From medical research to American literature, 2015 Chancellors Club professors cover many bases
      • Private giving to KU reaches $258.8 million in fiscal 2015
      • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grants $250,000 for KU's Community Tool Box
      • Major gift creates an enticing package for ‘rising stars’ in the humanities at KU
      • KU School of Music announces fundraising drive to honor renowned professor
      • New KU professorship honors longtime pharmaceutical researcher
      • Former librarian bequeaths $1 million for KU’s Spencer Research Library
      • Marching Jayhawks to debut new uniforms in the fall
      • $1 million gift will expand and enhance Osher Institute programming
      • Couple’s $1 million gift commitment will advance cardiovascular research at KU Medical Center
      • BKD partners and employees make $300,000 gift for KU School of Business building
    • 2014
      • $58 million gift from estate of alumni Al and Lila Self provides scholarships and fellowships
      • KU donors provide funds to establish a student-run strategic communications agency
      • KU Endowment elects new chair and five new trustees
      • KU Endowment provides record $124.1 million to KU
      • Kansas couple plan to leave 120-acre ranch to University of Kansas
      • Private giving for KU reaches $253.2 million
      • KU professor and researcher to be honored by Chancellors Club
      • KU Alumni couple create scholarship for Hutchinson students
      • $16 million gift honors late KU alumnus Donald C. Slawson
      • KU Law professorship honors former law professor
      • KU receives third consecutive national fundraising award
      • Grateful alumnus gives $370,000 to KU
      • Former KU chancellors establish teaching professorship for School of Business
      • Hall Family Foundation makes $25 million lead gift for new health education building
      • Scholarship honors ‘I Dream of Jeannie’ star
      • Alumnus makes $25 million gift commitment for KU
      • Mary Birch elected chairman of Advancement Board
      • Longtime teacher donates $150,000 for KU
      • $500,000 gift from Hall Family Foundation endows directorship at KU’s Hall Center for the Humanities
      • $1 million gift from Georgia couple will benefit students in KU’s finance scholars program
      • Celebrate March Madness at Brackfest
      • Major individual and corporate gifts support new hospital building
      • Alumnus makes $100,000 gift for KU Venture Fund
      • $1 million gift will support design studios, scholarships at KU School of Engineering
      • Alumni couple commits $1.25 million to new School of Business building
      • KU alumnus makes $1 million gift for KU School of Law
    • 2013
      • Muriel McBrien Kauffman Foundation makes $1 million gift to renovate KU recital hall
      • KU Endowment elects two new trustees
      • KU Endowment provides $119.4 million in support for KU in fiscal 2013
      • Chancellors Club honors KU professors
      • Donors score a victory for Jayhawk collection
      • Donors provide record $174.2 million for KU
      • Inventor donates $2 million to KU for physics and nursing programs
      • KU alumna makes $2 million gift commitment to create professorship in the School of Education
      • Estate gift from KU alumnus and his wife enhances scholarship support for journalism students
      • Late KUMC dean and her husband leave $10 million estate gift for scholarships and libraries
      • KU alumna makes $1 million gift commitment for KU
      • KU receives national fundraising award for second year in a row
      • KU engineering alum and his wife provide generous gift for EcoHawks research center
      • Longtime KU leader and educator establishes fund for Center for Teaching Excellence
      • KC-area couple give $2.5 million for nurse navigation at The University of Kansas Cancer Center
      • KU alumnus makes gift commitment to create scholarships in architecture and music
      • $100,000 gift honors 100th year of KU architecture
      • Hall Family Foundation donates $2.7 million for Hall Center for the Humanities at KU
      • Alumni couple donate major gift for student center at the University of Kansas
      • KU's first Brackfest experience slated for March 18
      • KU Law alumni and Shook, Hardy & Bacon set $1 million goal for Advocacy Center
      • $1.2 million estate gift from longtime Lawrence residents will benefit KU
      • Dana and Sue Anderson make $1.4 million gift for new KU School of Business building
      • Chicago couple make $1 million gift toward new KU School of Business building
      • Fundraising council to generate support for Midwest Cancer Alliance
      • University mourns death of philanthropist Adele Hall
      • KU alumnus provides gift for lasting scholarship hall support
      • Riss family makes $1 million gift toward new building for KU School of Business
      • Journalist’s $50,000 gift creates scholarship for KU journalism doctoral students
      • University mourns death of KU alumnus Madison “Al” Self
      • KU alumnus makes $500,000 gift for debate team — largest gift in team's history
    • 2012
      • Donors provide additional $13 million for new KU School of Business building
      • $2 million gift to support asthma research and education at KU Medical Center
      • $1 million gift from Kansas Masonic Foundation addresses emotional aspects of cancer care
      • Alumni make gift commitment to create scholarship for KU’s School of Social Welfare
      • KU art historian makes lead gift for Spencer Museum of Art
      • Four professors honored with prestigious Chancellors Club Teaching Professorships
      • New faculty mentoring award honors longtime KU journalism professor
      • KU Endowment receives LEED certification for its Kansas City office building
      • Chancellors Club honors public administration professor and neurology researcher for faculty awards
      • KU Endowment announces $708 million raised toward campaign goal; three new trustees elected
      • KU Endowment provides KU $119.3 million in record financial support
      • $1.5 million from Kansas Health Foundation will strengthen public health in the state
      • Capitol Federal Foundation commits $20 million toward KU School of Business building
      • University of Kansas receives national fundraising award
      • Giving to KU sets new record
      • Couple donates $800,000 for KU Law School
      • KU alumni establish journalism scholarship
      • KU celebration thanks Kemper Foundation for faculty awards
      • San Francisco couple give $1 million to KU School of Law
      • $107 million in private gifts contributed to cancer center goal
      • KU mechanical engineering receives $20,000 gift
      • Gift from Mexican government supports Latino healthcare in underserved Kansas communities
      • $1 million gift establishes physiology chair at KU Medical Center
      • $1.7 million estate gift establishes scholarship for KU students studying in Germany
      • $50,000 gift commitment will create scholarship for KU’s School of Social Welfare
      • $1.25 million gift creates neuroscience fellowships at KU Medical Center
      • Donors commit $612 million toward $1.2 billion goal for Far Above: The Campaign for Kansas
      • Former Senator David Wysong named Advancement Board chair
      • Hall Family Foundation makes $790,000 gift for KU’s Hall Center for the Humanities
      • $5 million gift from Chesapeake Energy Corporation will advance KU energy and environment research
      • Burns & McDonnell Foundation makes $500,000 gift for KU School of Engineering
      • KU School of Medicine alumnus gives $100,000 to establish scholarship
      • New English scholarship established at KU
      • $500,000 gift commitment will establish KU Medical Center visiting professorship
      • KU alumnus leaves $2.4 million for scholarship support
      • Galloway lecture to feature climate action planning expert
      • Three KU alumni selected for CASE awards
      • Donors make $2.5 million gift commitment for School of Education
    • 2011
      • KU School of Music scholarship established in memory of alumna
      • Foundation makes $150,000 gift for KU School of Medicine-Salina
      • Scholarship honors retired Hoxie physician and his wife
      • Westwood Lutheran Church gives $48,000 to JayDoc Free Clinic
      • Professor emeritus of urban planning makes $1.4 million gift commitment
      • Enter your KU photos in KU Endowment’s photo contest
      • New award established to honor KU librarians
      • Tom and Judy Bowser make $4 million gift commitment for KU
      • KU Endowment provides $112 million to KU
      • Chancellors Club honors tax professor and liver researcher for this year’s faculty awards
      • $61 million fundraising milestone met for The KU Cancer Center
      • KU celebrates record year for private support
      • $1 million gift honors KU Medical Center leader
      • $5 million gift brings University of Kansas Cancer Center closer to goal
      • Gift creates innovation studio in KU's Center for Design Research
      • $1.2 million estate gift creates scholarships for KU pharmacy students
      • $4 million gift advances KUMC’s Spinal Cord Injuries Repair Program
      • KU alumnus’ estate gift adds to top scholarships at KU
      • Charles and Mary Jane Spahr leave $32 million estate gift for KU
      • Sprint Foundation donates $1 million to KU Cancer Center
      • Gift of $1.6 million creates KU scholarships for language program
      • $1 million gift honors KU professor Valentino Stella
      • April events honor Elizabeth Watkins' 150th birthday
      • $25,000 gift to benefit Center for Design Research
      • KU Cancer Center receives $4 million in gifts
      • $1 million gift widens support for KU School of Medicine-Salina
      • Gift from Simons family enables early completion of Mellon challenge grant
      • Talent pool grows for KU's campaign steering committee
      • March 8 event celebrates expansion of Lied Center’s foyer
      • Estate gift creates professorship in memory of pathologist
      • $250,000 gift will create new reading room
      • Area leaders join forces to support expansion
      • Gift of $780,000 from longtime educators creates KU scholarships
      • $100,000 gift establishes lecture series for KU School of Engineering
    • 2010
      • Alumni couples take leadership roles in KU campaign
      • Estate gift creates new scholarship for KU students
      • Donors provide $2.7 million for expansion of KU School of Medicine–Wichita
      • Alumna establishes gift in memory of her father, a former KU professor
      • KU Endowment trustees elect chair, vice chair and new trustees
      • KU Endowment provides record $115.1 million to KU
      • KU professors honored for Chancellors Club teaching and research awards
      • Back in the Swing gives $300,000 for breast cancer survivors
      • Giving to KU reaches $110.2 million, a new milestone
      • KU alumnus contributes more than $400,000 to School of Music
      • $200,000 in gifts bring Spencer Museum closer to reaching challenge grant
      • Grateful alumnus left more than $800,000 for KU scholarships
      • KU professor's legacy of giving reaches $2.2 million
      • Former KU chancellor and wife establish new faculty award
      • Kansas Health Foundation donates $645,000 for Community Health Project
      • Gifts totaling $450,000 provide support for Silver City Health Center
      • Scholarship created for students in Ukrainian Studies
      • Former KU Chancellor and his wife support deferred maintenance projects
      • Estate gift supports Natural History Museum and industrial design
      • New officers elected to serve on Advancement Board
      • Leadership group sets momentum for next campaign for KU
      • Scholarship will help KU students majoring in business
      • KU Endowment honors Christina Hixson as Life Trustee
      • $10 million gift will benefit students in the KU School of Engineering
      • Lied Center plans groundbreaking ceremony for April 8
      • Kemper Foundation provides gift to expand the Lied Center
      • Donors open doors for medical education in north-central Kansas
      • Galloway lecture series to bring urban planning experts to Lawrence
      • KU students are gettin’ dirty for a good cause
      • Foundation provides $100,000 for lung cancer research
      • Physicians give $200,000 for patient simulation
      • Donors band together to bring new Steinway to Lied Center
      • The Anschutz Foundation Donates $200,000 to Spencer Museum at KU
      • Hall Family Foundation gives $18 million gift to KU Cancer Center
    • 2009
      • $10 million gift adds momentum to quest for NCI designation
      • Sunderland Foundation makes $1 million gift for cancer research
      • Scholarship established for KU students who study abroad
      • Student award honors professor who championed social justice
      • KU alumnus leaves $2.5 million estate gift for scholarships
      • Construction set to begin on new office building at KU Medical Center
      • KU Endowment board elects seven new trustees
      • KU Endowment provides $105.4 million to KU
      • Sixteen students named Chancellors Club Scholars for 2009–2010
      • A $2.5 million gift sets the stage for expansion of KU’s Lied Center
      • New gift augments scholarship for KU nontraditional students
      • Kansas Masonic Foundation announces $2 million campaign
      • Poker tournaments chip in $230,000 for pancreatic cancer research
      • Professors selected for Chancellors Club awards
      • Gift funds fellowships for students in KU's German language department
      • Private giving to the University of Kansas sets new records
      • Alumnus establishes scholarship for School of Education majors
      • Back in the Swing gives $300,000 to Breast Cancer Survivorship Center
      • $1.1 million estate gift honors two former KU math professors
      • Midwest Cancer Alliance Clinical Trials Network launches program
      • Designer of WTC Memorial to speak at inaugural Thomas D. Galloway Lecture
      • Class of 2009 gift will replace flagpole in front of Strong Hall
      • UKanTeach students get support through Sprint Foundation gift
      • Former Sen. Bob Dole makes gift to Spine Center
      • Planned scholarship will benefit KU social welfare students
      • KU Endowment's 5,000th online gift honors the late Jay Turnbull
      • Lawrence couple provide funds for overlook structure at KU's field station

Annual Report 2018

In this issue:

A Brighter Future |  Student Support  
Faculty Support  |  State Support
Donor Generosity  |  Strengthening KU 
Financial Statements  |  Thank You

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