Giving in Action
John W. Comerford, who discovered the power of film at ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ, arranges major gift to its Stan Brakhage Moving Image Art Forum and Studies Collection.
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.
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.
Alumnus Tandean Rustandy has given more than $10 million to ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ, 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 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.
The University of Colorado Boulder 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.
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 ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ theater program.
Raytheon Intelligence & Space and ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ 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.
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.