Stories indexed under: UW Foundation

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• Julie Van Cleave named chief investment officer at UW Foundation June 6, 2013 Julie Van Cleave, the former lead manager of the $5 billion, Bronze-rated Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Fund, will join the University of Wisconsin Foundation investment team.
• Share the Wonderful exceeds its goal, shows the power of many Jan. 29, 2013 The wonderful news is: People banded together to help ensure a stronger future for the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• James and Lisa Lillie Charitable Foundation announces funding of Great People Scholarship Oct. 5, 2012 James Lillie ('83 BS L&S) and his wife, Lisa Sheffield-Lillie, have established a Great People Scholarship at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• “Share the Wonderful” aims to generate broad-based support Sept. 19, 2012 It's about to get wonderful. A concentrated new multimedia annual giving campaign, called "Share the Wonderful," has begun and runs through October.
• Million-dollar Keck Foundation grant funds UW-Madison genome research Aug. 8, 2012 An interdisciplinary team of scientists and engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has received a $1 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation to fund research into creating synthetic genome "foundries."
• Multimillion-dollar gift to support Waisman Center scholars July 31, 2012 A multimillion-dollar planned estate gift from Dr. Richard Morse ('67 MD) of New Orleans, will fund an interdisciplinary society of graduate student scholars to study childhood mental health and developmental disabilities in the Waisman Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• 2012 graduates: Morgridges will match your gifts May 16, 2012 With the help of a generous matching gift challenge from John and Tashia Morgridge, last year’s commencement campaign achieved 10 percent participation from the Class of 2011.
• Student organizations kick off social media challenge to benefit scholarships Dec. 6, 2011 Inspired by the The Bucky Challenge, the University of Wisconsin Student Foundation and the Wisconsin Alumni Student Board are raising money for the Great People Scholarship through social media.
• Poster sales help keep doors to learning open Nov. 30, 2011 The entryways to some of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's most iconic buildings - the bannered Bascom Hall, the archway to Camp Randall and the imposing wood-and-iron doors to the Red Gym - are among the photos featured on a poster benefiting need-based scholarships.
• Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant helps sustain DARE to completion Nov. 1, 2011 Whenever she appears on a popular statewide Wisconsin Public Radio offering, Joan Houston Hall can sense the hunger people have for regional sayings and their meanings.
• Oscar Rennebohm Foundation made $1 million gift to School of Nursing near spring game Oct. 12, 2011 The secret is out. The Oscar Rennebohm Foundation made its second $1 million gift to the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Nursing in advance of the Badgers' spring football game.
• Donors honor professor emeritus with creation of Carstensen Chair Sept. 20, 2011 Mahendra Patel, founder and CEO of Navinta LLC, and wife Jayshree Patel have made a $1 million gift to establish the Jens T. Carstensen Chair in Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Pharmacy.
• The Bucky Challenge: Connect with UW-Madison, help students Sept. 15, 2011 Here’s a challenge that’s easy to undertake: connect with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the Wisconsin Alumni Association, or both, on Twitter and Facebook and help students.
• Poster helps keep doors to learning open Jan. 12, 2011
• Poster helps keep doors to learning open Dec. 17, 2010 Camp Randall's shaded archway, a bannered Bascom Hall and the ivy-clung portico of the Carillon are three of the photographs gracing a new poster on sale at the University of Wisconsin-Madison starting today (Dec. 17), with all proceeds benefiting need-based scholarships.
• Wisconsin School of Business Homecoming Gala recognizes outstanding alumni, outgoing dean Oct. 9, 2010
• U.S. Bank scores with UW-Madison Great People Scholarship support Sept. 9, 2010 U.S. Bank, a sponsor of Wisconsin Badger football radio broadcasts, will make a gift of $2,500 to the U.S. Bank Great People Scholarship at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for each Badger touchdown scored this season at Camp Randall Stadium.
• UW Foundation board of directors elects chair July 13, 2010 The University of Wisconsin Foundation board of directors elected Frances S. "Fran" Taylor of Madison to a two-year term as chair during its annual meeting on June 25 at UW-Madison's Memorial Union.
• Scholarship honors memory of UW-Madison student Neha Suri May 5, 2010 The University of Wisconsin-Madison community is honoring the memory of Neha Suri, a beloved 22-year-old senior journalism and political science major who passed away in February at UW Hospital and Clinics from meningococcal disease.
• UW Foundation leader wins advancement award March 10, 2010 Andrew A. “Sandy” Wilcox, president of the University of Wisconsin Foundation, is one of two widely respected professionals who have made valuable contributions to the educational foundation field who are this year's recipients of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Commonfund Institutionally Related Foundation awards.