News & Stories
Foundation Announces $43 Million in Gifts
October 17, 2008 08:00 AMTwenty 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.
Brilliant Futures Campaign at Two‑Thirds Mark Toward Goal
August 17, 2008 08:05 AMBrilliant 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
August 17, 2008 08:00 AMGifts 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.
Sheila Johnson, U of I Alumna, Endows Two Chairs in Music
May 12, 2008 08:00 AMSheila 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.
Tellabs Foundation Funds Islet Cell Research at UIC
December 27, 2007 08:00 AMIslet 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
December 27, 2007 08:00 AMThe 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
November 27, 2007 08:00 AMThe 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.
November 02, 2007 08:10 AMThe 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
November 02, 2007 08:05 AMFaculty 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
November 02, 2007 08:00 AMThe University of Illinois at Chicago Library recently acquired the papers of Carl Hansen, who served as a Cook County commissioner from 1970 to 2006.