Stories indexed under: Gifts

Total: 42   RSS feed

• PwC donates $1.1 million to Wisconsin School of Business March 13, 2013 PwC US representatives today presented a donation of more than $1.1 million, which will pay for a professorship and support programs for students, to Wisconsin School of Business students, faculty and staff.
• New monument pays tribute to the Wisconsin Idea Oct. 12, 2012 A granite boulder with a bronze plaque honoring the Wisconsin Idea is the newest addition to Bascom Hill, courtesy of the Class of 2012.
• Perkins Coie offers $10,000 prize to UW student innovators Oct. 9, 2012 Perkins Coie LLP has announced a new Innovative Minds competition, offering a $10,000 prize to a University of Wisconsin-Madison student team that produces the year's most market-ready innovation.
• 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.
• UW, GE announce next frontier in diagnostic imaging and radiology research Sept. 13, 2012 Imagine a place where doctors can tell patients in advance if cancer treatment will work for them, without going through an entire course of chemotherapy.
• 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.
• Wisconsin Geological Survey maps find new home April 11, 2012 The Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey is donating more than 1,200 topographic maps to the UW-Madison Robinson Map Library, where they will be available for loan to the public.
• Law School establishes $2.5 million fund in honor of alumnus March 1, 2012 Exelon’s gifts will be used to establish up to four new faculty fellowship funds, which will support retaining mid-level faculty members.
• Memorial fund established in honor of Anthony Shadid Feb. 17, 2012 Alumni and friends of foreign correspondent Anthony Shadid have established a memorial fund in his honor to ensure that his life and legacy lives on at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Art graduate connects campus, schools with outreach endowment Feb. 9, 2012 Workshops supported by art graduate Helen Burish have strengthened the connection between area high school teachers and artists in the Department of Art at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• Time running out for 2011 graduates to get Morgridge match on gifts Dec. 9, 2011 The clock is ticking. University of Wisconsin-Madison Class of 2011 graduates can see their gifts to support the university doubled, but only through Saturday, Dec. 31.
• 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.
• Partners in Giving update from the chancellor and provost Nov. 23, 2011 As we break to celebrate Thanksgiving — we cannot say "thank you" enough, both to those who have given and to all of you who might consider still doing so. Your support brings hope to so many.
• New initiative encourages young alumni participation in giving Nov. 17, 2011 The University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Engineering has announced a new program that will provide a two-to-one match of any gift made by a student or recent graduate of the college.
• 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.
• Lynde B. Uihlein gift supports UW Law School, UW–Milwaukee joint water initiative Sept. 7, 2011 A gift from Milwaukee philanthropist Lynde B. Uihlein will launch a two-year pilot program that will bring the expertise of the University of Wisconsin Law School to the new Center for Water Policy at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
• Johnson Controls teams up with UW in energy storage research June 30, 2011 Johnson Controls, Inc., the world's leading automotive battery supplier, is helping to position Wisconsin as a worldwide leader in energy storage. The company today announced it is endowing a professorship, research labs and graduate studies in energy storage at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
• Morgridges pledge to match graduates’ gifts May 14, 2011 John and Tashia Morgridge did much more than deliver the charge to the graduates at the undergraduate commencement ceremonies this weekend. They announced that they have pledged to match each gift made by a member of the graduating senior class through the end of 2011.