Philanthropy

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

  • UB to Sponsor Women in Philanthropy Seminar on May 18
    5/11/04
    The University at Buffalo Division of University Advancement will sponsor a Women in Philanthropy Seminar to be held from 12:30-2 p.m. May 18 in the Center for Tomorrow on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Drive Aims to Raise $100,000 for Endowed Lectureship Fund in UB Department of African American Studies
    5/3/04
    Plans for an endowed lectureship fund in the Department of African American Studies in the University at Buffalo's College of Arts and Sciences have received a $1,000 endorsement from a Buffalo club named for famed civil-rights activist Mary Burnett Talbert.
  • UB's Senior Challenge Close to Record Participation
    5/3/04
    The Senior Challenge at the University at Buffalo has achieved two of its highest totals of recent years, thanks to the UB Class of 2004.
  • Gerald and Sandra Lippes Complete $1 Million Commitment to UB's 'Generation to Generation' Campaign
    4/28/04
    Gerald S. Lippes, J.D. '64, a distinguished attorney and University at Buffalo Council member, and his wife, Sandra F. Lippes, B.A. '84, have pledged $1 million to UB, $700,000 of which will go to the College of Arts and Sciences to establish an interdisciplinary graduate degree program in arts administration.
  • Law School Scholarship Fund Will Honor William R. Greiner, UB's 13th President
    4/24/04
    The William R. Greiner Scholarship Fund has been newly established in the University at Buffalo Law School to honor UB's 13th president, who retired as UB's chief executive officer at the end of last December.
  • $1.1 Million Volkswagen Foundation Grant Supports Medical Ontology Institute Founded by UB Philosopher
    4/14/04
    SUNY Distinguished Professor Barry Smith, Ph.D., Julian Park Professor of Philosophy at the University at Buffalo, has received a $1,124,000 grant from the Volkswagen Foundation to continue support of the Buffalo-Leipzig Institute for Formal Ontology and Medical Information Science (INFOMIS) through 2007.
  • Sankyo Pharma Gives $100,000 to UB School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
    3/17/04
    Sankyo Pharma of Edison, N.J., a division of Sankyo Pharma Inc., has given $100,000 to the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University at Buffalo to support its teaching, training and research, as well as for equipment purchases in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
  • Fuld Trust Awards UB Nursing School $500,000 Endowment
    2/10/04
    The School of Nursing at the University at Buffalo is one of 10 nursing schools in the U.S. chosen by the Helene Fuld Health Trust to receive a major endowment to fund student scholarships.
  • UB Graduate School of Education Professor and Wife Pledge $25,000 to Support Excellence in Teaching
    2/4/04
    J. Ronald Gentile, SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor in the University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education, and his wife, Kay Johnson-Gentile, a retired Buffalo State College professor, have pledged up to $25,000 in matching challenge funds to benefit UB's recently established Center for Teaching and Learning Resources (CTLR).
  • School of Public Health and Health Professions Names Dean's Suite in Honor of Founding Dean J. Warren Perry
    9/25/03
    The University at Buffalo School of Public Health and Health Professions has named its dean's suite in honor of J. Warren Perry, founding dean of the former UB School of Health Related Professions.