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Foundation Pledges $75 Million to Syracuse’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
The Samuel I. Newhouse Foundation intends to pledge $75 million to Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. The donation would not only be the largest gift in the university’s 150 year history, but the largest gift ever given to a communications school. Named in his honor, Syracuse’s communications school was established by Newhouse […]
January 15, 2020
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N.C. Attorney General, Civil Rights Group Criticize UNC’s “Silent Sam” Settlement
North Carolina’s Attorney General Josh Stein “lashed out” in response to the University of North Carolina’s (UNC) gift of $2.5 million to a Confederate heritage group for the preservation of a Civil War memorial, according to The Washington Post. Stein criticized the school, saying the money would be better spent helping students. As part of […]
December 12, 2019
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Howard University Receives $4 Million Gift to Invest in Minority STEM Scholarship
Howard University received $4 million from the Hopper-Dean Foundation to fund the Bison STEM Scholars Program, a scholarship program designed to increase the number of minority students earning a Ph.D. or M.D.-Ph.D. in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) by alleviating their financial burden. The gift, which is the largest amount Howard has received from […]
December 11, 2019
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Stockton University Receives $8 Million from New Jersey Native
Stockton University (SU) in New Jersey recently received the largest donation in its history at $8 million from telecommunications pioneer John F. Scarpa. Most of the money will support two initiatives: expansion of the school’s academic programming in Atlantic City and of its health sciences program on its mainland campus. In honor of the donation, […]
December 5, 2019
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Amid Declining Enrollment, University of Northern Iowa Receives $10 Million Gift from Alumnus
The University of Northern Iowa (UNI) will receive a $10 million donation from 1981 alumnus David Takes and his wife Karen Takes, The Gazette reported. The funding, which UNI President Mark Nook called “critical” to the school, arrives at a time when Iowa universities face steep drops in enrollment and waning state funding. This year The […]
November 15, 2019
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