Philanthropy

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

  • Bill Moyers To Speak At UB Nov. 3
    10/20/99
    Bill Moyers, well-known television program producer and host, journalist and author, will speak at 8 p.m. Nov. 3 in the Center for the Arts Mainstage theater on the University at Buffalo North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Conference Set On How Shifts In Higher-Education Funding Restrict Access For Low-Income Students
    10/20/99
    The critical worldwide shift of higher-education costs from governments and taxpayers to students and their parents has raised serious concerns among educators here and abroad because it severely restricts access to higher education for millions of low-income students in many nations. To illuminate the problem and resolve the critical policy issues related to this crisis, the University at Buffalo will host a major international meeting of policy experts and researchers in higher-education finance on Nov. 14-16.
  • $500,000 Grant To Help In Study Of Kidney Disease
    10/13/99
    Total Renal Care, Inc. (TRC) has donated $500,000 to the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences to establish the Nephrology Research Endowment Fund to partner with UB in the battle against kidney disease.
  • Professor Peter Hare Gives Gifts Totalling $1 Million To Benefit UB Department Of Philosophy
    10/13/99
    A University at Buffalo philosophy professor is sharing more than his teaching excellence with UB's College of Arts and Sciences. Peter H. Hare, Ph.D., SUNY Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Philosophy, has given two gifts totaling $1 million to support activities of the department.
  • $200 Scholarship Inspires $100,000 Gift to Management School
    6/16/99
    Robert and Jane Yendell of Hixson, Tenn., have given $100,000 to the School of Management for the establishment of an undergraduate scholarship fund. The gift was made in remembrance of a $200 scholarship that Robert Yendell received from UB more than 50 years ago