ΘνΓΓΙη's Donors Make Our Mission Possible
ΘνΓΓΙηβs Division of Development supports ΘνΓΓΙη's strategic priorities by garnering philanthropic support for student scholarships, teaching positions, capital projects, academic initiatives and more. At the center of those initiatives are our donors.
Read about recent gifts to ΘνΓΓΙη, our donors and our latest priorities for financial support.
"Since ΘνΓΓΙηβs School of Medicine is where it all began for me, I wanted to make a contribution to its cancer research program. I learned how crucial such early funding was to the development and support of new faculty investigators, especially during the first few uncertain years.β
β Geoffrey Weiss, M.D. (SOM β74)
09/16/24- Fifty years after she graduated at the top of her class from ΘνΓΓΙη School of Medicine, Virginia "Ginny" Herrmannβs legacy will continue to inspire new ways of serving others.
08/16/24- Throughout his 33-year career as a clinical oncology researcher and professor, Geoffrey Weiss, M.D. (SOM β74), identified two key factors that shaped his lifeβs work: His ΘνΓΓΙη School of Medicine education and the funding he received early in his training.
04/16/24- More than 350 people gathered on April 11 to celebrate ΘνΓΓΙη students and the donors who made their scholarships possible.
02/29/24- The March 7 event will celebrate seven newly established positions, as well as the reinvestitures of positions that were previously appointed.
02/16/24- ΘνΓΓΙη graduate student Thomas Morin received a scholarship supporting his academic achievement in Medieval and Renaissance studies from the Military Order of the Crusades.
01/09/24- A recent $25,000 Presidentβs Grant from the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation to ΘνΓΓΙηβs Transgender Health Collaborative will support the University's Interprofessional Transgender Health Education Day (ITHED).
12/05/23- Thanks to one of Wendelβs former students, Robert Steck (A&S β79), the esteemed professorβs legacy will pave a new path for urban affairs to flourish through an endowed scholarship benefiting political science students at the College of Arts and Sciences.
10/08/23- The $20 million center was privately funded with a lead gift by the O'Loughlin Family Foundation. Adjacent to Chaifetz Arena, the center will provide support services for the University's 400-plus Billiken student-athletes under one roof.
09/18/23- The gift of a new studio grand piano brings ΘνΓΓΙη closer to its goal of becoming an "All Steinway School."
03/15/22- faculty members are βabsolutely thrilledβ about a recent gift to the University β a collection of 850 newspapers dating from 1683 to 2020.