Tag: Gift
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Transformational gift from Penny Pritzker ’81 to spark new era for Harvard economics
Gift from Harvard alumna Penny Pritzker to support collaboration and connection in pursuit of solutions to global problems and a new building for department.
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The speed of discovery
One year after the Blavatnik Family Foundation announced a $200 million commitment to Harvard Medical School, philanthropist Len Blavatnik spent the day at HMS visiting with scientists to learn more about research taking place on campus.
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A gift to turn medical discoveries into treatments
A pledge for $200 million to Harvard Medical School will support translation of medical research into treatments and cures.
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$100M gift will support sciences and math
A Harvard alumnus and his wife made a gift of $100 million to support the University’s Science Center, enhance mathematics scholarship, and provide unrestricted resources for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
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Making a difference 101
A gift from Jorge Paulo Lemann ’61 will support the creation of new curricular offerings and expanding current courses that focus on innovation and entrepreneurship.
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Reach Every Reader targets early literacy crisis
With a $30 million grant from Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg, the Harvard Graduate School of Education and MIT’s Integrated Learning Initiative will launch Reach Every Reader, which combines cutting-edge education and neuroscience research to help end the childhood literacy crisis.
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Financial Aid Office renamed in honor of Ken Griffin
The dedication of the Griffin Financial Aid Office was held Thursday. The new name of the office honors Ken Griffin ’89, who in February made a gift of $150 million to the University, principally supporting need-based financial aid for undergraduates.
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Kenneth Griffin makes largest gift in Harvard College history
Harvard University announced today that alumnus Kenneth Griffin, A.B. ’89, founder and chief executive officer of Citadel, has made the largest gift in Harvard College history. The $150 million gift is principally focused on supporting Harvard’s financial aid program.
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Broad launches next decade with $100M gift
American philanthropists and entrepreneurs Eli and Edythe Broad announced on Thursday they are investing an additional $100 million into the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT to launch a new decade of transformative work to harness recent biomedical discoveries to benefit patients.
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When 3+1 is more than 4
Harvard Business School researchers find that to motivate workers more effectively, present higher pay as a gift.
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Connell family donates $10M to HBS
The family of the late William F. Connell, M.B.A. ’63, has donated an additional $10 million to Harvard Business School (HBS) to establish the Margot and William F. Connell Family MBA Program Innovation Fund.
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A $30M gift to University
The Hutchins Family Foundation is giving $30 million to Harvard that will support academic initiatives in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and also launch the Hutchins Family Challenge Fund for House Renewal.
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Chao family gives $40 million to HBS
A family that sent four daughters through Harvard Business School — including former U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine Chao — visited the School on Friday to announce a $40 million gift that will fund scholarships for students of Chinese heritage and support the building of the Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Center for executive education.
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O’Donnells donate $30 million
Harvard University announced today that well-known Boston business executive and philanthropist Joseph J. O’Donnell ’67, M.B.A. ’71, a longtime Harvard benefactor, and his wife, Katherine A. O’Donnell, have donated $30 million to the University.
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A gift that spans Schools
Siddhartha Yog, M.B.A. ’04, founder and managing partner of The Xander Group Inc., has given Harvard $11,000,001 to establish two professorships, fellowships and financial aid, and an intellectual entrepreneurship fund.
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Education and innovation
Harvard University announced today that Rita E. and Gustave M. Hauser have given the University $40 million to support excellence and innovation in learning and teaching at Harvard.
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HKS establishes professorship of U.S.-Asia relations
The Harvard Kennedy School has established the S.T. Lee Professorship of U.S.-Asia Relations.
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New facilities for Wyss Institute
Harvard’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering officially opens new, expansive facilities in Boston and Cambridge to host its fast-growing enterprise.
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Harvard receives $12.3 million from Lily Safra to support Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics
Harvard University has received a gift of $12.3 million (10 million euros) from Lily Safra. Given in memory of her late husband, Edmond J. Safra, founder of the Republic National Bank of New York.
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Mahindra gives $10M for Humanities Center
Anand Mahindra ’77, M.B.A.’81, has given Harvard $10 million to support the Humanities Center in honor of his mother, Indira Mahindra. The newly renamed Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard is housed in the Barker Center.
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New endowed coaching position
A gift from Gregory Lee ’87 and Russell Ball ’88 establishes the Gregory Lee ’87 and Russell Ball ’88 Endowed Coach for Squash. Newly appointed director of squash Mike Way will be the first coach to hold the position.
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HKS establishes professorship on the international financial system
With the world’s attention focused on global financial reform and responsibility, the Harvard Kennedy School is establishing a professorship dedicated to addressing the challenges of the international financial system.
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Murty family gift establishes Murty Classical Library of India series
The Murty family’s endowed series will bring the classical literature of India, much of which remains locked in its original language, to a global audience.
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Classical literature of India ‘unlocked’
The Murty family’s endowed series will bring the classical literature of India, much of which remains locked in its original language, to a global audience.
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Harvard gets $500k gift for history museum
The Harvard Museum of Natural History has received its largest donation since its founding in 1998. The $500,000 commitment from a Harvard University alumnus will help fund a permanent multi-media exhibition…
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Forests focus of gift
Paul Zofnass ’69, M.B.A. ’73, has become the Harvard Museum of Natural History’s (HMNH) largest donor since its founding in 1998.
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Du Bois Institute gives Houghton Library Masonic certificate
The W.E.B. Du Bois Institute at Harvard University recently gave a Masonic membership certificate signed by Prince Hall, a minister, abolitionist, and civil rights activist known as the father of Black Freemasonry in the United States, to Houghton Library.
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Dedicated seniors see value in giving back
As vice chairs of the Harvard College Fund’s Recent Graduates Committee, Eryn Ament Bingle ’95 and Thomas M. Reardon Jr. ’96, M.B.A. ’05 couldn’t help focusing on a nagging fundraising statistic: 60 to 70 percent of Harvard seniors give to a Senior Gift fund before graduation, but fewer than 20 percent of those same students…
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Harvard Law School campaign surpasses goal
The largest campaign in the history of legal education exceeded its $400 million goal by more than $50 million earlier this spring.