Lab with MRI machine

Major gift to enhance diversity of life-science researchers

June 23, 2022

Six life science scholars will embark on their PhD studies and contribute their unique cultural experiences to the ²ÊÃñ±¦µä campus this fall through a nearly $1.9 million gift to the university from the Shurl and Kay Curci Foundation.

Film posters

Award-winningÌýfilmmakerÌýgives persistence, ‘energy’Ìýto next generation

June 22, 2022

John W. Comerford, who discovered the power of film at ²ÊÃñ±¦µä, arranges major gift to its Stan Brakhage Moving Image Art Forum and Studies Collection.

Basketball game

CU Athletics collecting gift cards for fire victims

Jan. 5, 2022

Four basketball games this week are slated to be gift card collection sites, organized by CU Athletics. Needed are cards for fire victims to shop at Front Range grocery stores, department stores and local restaurants. Please ensure the value of the card is visible on the card.

Colorado Daily newspaper clip from 1970 March on Regent

Chicanx and Latinx Endowed Library Collections Fund launched

Nov. 9, 2021

University Libraries has launched a new fund to support a growing collection of materials focused on Chicanx and Latinx communities on campus and beyond. The endowment was made possible by a generous donation by EBSCO Information Services.

Keith Molenaar, Philip DiStefano, Tandean Rustandy, Todd Saliman and Sharon Matusik

Alumnus Tandean Rustandy makes surprise 7-figure gift announcement at ribbon-cutting

Nov. 8, 2021

Alumnus Tandean Rustandy has given more than $10 million to ²ÊÃñ±¦µä, including support for the new $45 million Rustandy Building. At a ribbon-cutting Sunday, Rustandy surprised attendees with news of another $1.25 million gift.

John and Ann Harsh

Veteran scientist, educator pay it forward to future generations of health science students

Sept. 13, 2021

John and Ann Harsh are creating a scholarship for first-generation and underrepresented students studying integrative physiology, as well as a bequest to establish the first endowed faculty chair in the Department of Integrative Physiology and directorship of the Health Professions Residential Academic Program.

Graduate students Michael Klonowski, left, and Daniel Aguilar-Marsillach, right, work in the Raytheon Space & Intelligence Vision, Autonomy, and Decision Research (VADeR) at ²ÊÃñ±¦µä, which studies new methods for tracking and managing satellite traffic in space. (Credit: ²ÊÃñ±¦µä College of Engineering and Applied Science)

New effort to bolster Colorado’s national security and aerospace workforce

Sept. 10, 2021

The ²ÊÃñ±¦µä has received a $2 million gift from The Anschutz Foundation to support the university’s diverse research in aerospace and national defense—from tracking and protecting satellites in orbit to improving the security of mobile devices.

Roe Green

Visionary philanthropist Roe Green invests $5 million in CU theater program

Sept. 8, 2021

As the world of live theater strives to resume this fall after a long pandemic hiatus, alumna, arts aficionado and philanthropist Roe Green is helping welcome students and the community back with a record-breaking $5 million gift for the ²ÊÃñ±¦µä theater program.

Students working in research lab

Technology company gifts $250K for fellowship endowment

June 30, 2021

Raytheon Intelligence & Space and ²ÊÃñ±¦µä announced this week the creation of the Raytheon Technologies Endowed Graduate Fellowship Fund to support top graduate students at the university’s College of Engineering and Applied Science.

Bruce, left, and Marcy Benson

Marcy and Bruce Benson launch full-ride geology graduate fellowships

June 2, 2021

Marcy and Bruce Benson have dedicated a $6 million endowment to five annual full-ride graduate fellowships in geological sciences. Bruce Benson is a former CU president.

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