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Donors Pledge $14 Million for Brazilian Studies Institute at Illinois

Jorge Paulo Lemann, of Jona, Switzerland, and his family have pledged to give $14 million to establish a Brazilian studies institute at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The gift is the largest ever to the university from non-alumni. The Lemann Institute will build on the university's existing programs and initiatives related to Brazil to create one of the leading Brazilian studies programs in the nation.

The University of Illinois at Chicago welcomes Chancellor Paula Allen-Meares

“I look forward to hitting the ground running when I arrive,” Paula Allen-Meares said last July, after the University of Illinois Board of Trustees approved her appointment as UIC chancellor.

Foundation Announces $43 Million in Gifts

Twenty private gifts totaling more than $43 million earmarked for University of Illinois programs at the Urbana-Champaign and Chicago campuses were announced today (Friday, Oct. 17, 2008) at the U of I Foundation’s 73rd Annual Meeting.

UIC Receives $10 Million Gift for Polish Studies

A $10 million gift to the University of Illinois at Chicago to enhance studies in Polish history, language and literature will transform the study of that country and its culture in the city with the largest Polish population outside of Warsaw.

Brilliant Futures Campaign at Two-Thirds Mark Toward Goal

Brilliant Futures, one of the largest development campaigns in higher education and the largest in the University of Illinois’s 141-year history, has reached the two-thirds point in gift commitments as of the end of September.

U of I and Foundation Receives $213.9 Million in Private Gifts During FY08

Gifts to the University of Illinois and the U of I Foundation for the fiscal year that ended on June 30, 2008, totaled $213.9 million, according to Walter K. Knorr, U of I chief financial officer and treasurer of the U of I Foundation. Of the $213.9 million received, $47.2 million was designated to the U of I directly and $166.7 million was contributed through the Foundation. Total private giving increased 12 percent over the previous year. Alumni and friends giving increased by more than 15% (15.4) or $12.8 million from FY07.

Sheila Johnson, U of I Alumna, Endows Two Chairs in Music

Sheila C. Johnson, entrepreneur, philanthropist, musician and long-time patron of the arts, is donating $4 million to endow two chairs in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign School of Music. The generous gift will create the Daniel J. Perrino Chair of Jazz Studies and the Susan Starrett Chair in Violin. Both Perrino and Starrett have long-time associations with the U of I School of Music and were mentors to Johnson while she was a student.

New UIC Center to Study End-of-Life Transition

The University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing has received a federal grant to create a center to study people as they transition to the end of life.

Tellabs Foundation Funds Islet Cell Research at UIC

Islet transplant recipient Kimberly Carlson of Lisle, Ill., knows first hand what it's like to suffer the debilitating effects of diabetes and then discover a whole new life without the need for insulin.

University of Illinois Campaign Update

The University of Illinois’ $2.25 billion Brilliant Futures Campaign reached $1,213,188,929 as of October 31, 2007, or just about 54 percent of its goal.