Philanthropy

News about generous gifts and our philanthropic programs. (see all topics)

  • Rinck Bequest Will Help Needy Dental Students Complete Education
    12/8/04
    A bequest from the late Lois Mae Rinck is benefiting the UB School of Dental Medicine and the first dental student selected to receive the financial assistance it provides.
  • John R. Oishei Foundation Grant to Fund UB Center for Augmented Communication
    11/2/04
    Funding clinical services for clients who cannot communicate through speech is the ultimate goal of a $220,000 grant awarded to the Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences in the University at Buffalo's College of Arts and Sciences.
  • Campaign Donor Wall to be Dedicated on Oct. 14
    10/12/04
    A granite donor wall honoring individuals, corporations and foundations that made leadership commitments to "The Campaign for UB: Generation to Generation" as well as the campaign volunteer leaders, will be dedicated on UB's North Campus on Oct. 14 on the eve of the investiture of John B. Simpson as UB's 14th president.
  • The Friends of the Center for the Arts to Hold Sixth Annual Masquerade Ball
    10/5/04
    The Friends of the Center for the Arts will present "The Roaring 20s," the center's sixth annual Masquerade Ball, to be held from 6 p.m. to midnight on Oct. 30 in the atrium of the Center for the Arts on the University at Buffalo's North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Oishei Foundation Grant Funds UB Nanomedicine Program
    9/9/04
    The nanomedicine program of the University at Buffalo's Institute for Lasers, Photonics and Biophotonics is moving beyond the benchtop, thanks to a $925,000 grant to the institute from the John R. Oishei Foundation.
  • Mary Kay Ash Charitable Foundation Awards $100,000 for Cancer Vaccine Research at University at Buffalo
    7/22/04
    A promising new technique for developing a cancer vaccine has earned researchers in the University at Buffalo's School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences the university's first grant from the Mary Kay Ash Charitable Foundation.
  • UB Law School Graduates Establish Fund in Honor of Former Professor Louis Del Cotto
    7/2/04
    Seven former students of Louis A. Del Cotto, J.D. '51, a highly respected tax authority and professor emeritus in the University at Buffalo Law School, have established an endowment fund -- kicking it off with $75,000 in gifts and pledges -- to honor the man they credit with providing the foundation for their own successful careers.
  • Engineering Honors Scholarship Fund Established to Honor Past UB President Steven B. Sample
    6/1/04
    Several local business leaders recently surprised former University at Buffalo President Steven B. Sample with a scholarship named on his behalf, an honor they felt is befitting the visionary leader noted for his legendary support of scholarship at the highest levels.
  • Johnson & Johnson Gives $180,000 to UB for Development of Smart Sensor System
    6/1/04
    Johnson & Johnson, through its Focused Giving Program, has committed $180,000 to the University at Buffalo to develop a biologically inspired smart sensor system (BIS3) that would have potential applications in medical and industrial situations, and that could enhance U.S. military efforts to improve homeland security.
  • VA, University at Buffalo Dedicate PET Camera
    5/14/04
    The Department of Veterans Affairs Western New York Healthcare System and the University at Buffalo today dedicated a new Positron Emission Tomography (PET) camera at the veterans' facility, 3495 Bailey Ave.