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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.
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.
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.
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.
Grant to Ease Transfer of Community College Students to U. of I.
The University of Illinois has been awarded an $899,000 grant by the Lumina Foundation for Education for a project that aims to help community college students transfer to Illinois and succeed academically.
UIC College of Education Grant Awards Top $10 Million
Faculty of the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Education have received grants totaling more than $10 million for research and educator preparation.
UIC Library Acquires Former County Commissioner
The University of Illinois at Chicago Library recently acquired the papers of Carl Hansen, who served as a Cook County commissioner from 1970 to 2006.