Philanthropy

News about generous gifts and our philanthropic programs. (see all topics)

  • Bank of America Gift to Help UB Train Life-Sciences Workforce
    8/21/07
    The Bank of America Charitable Foundation today announced a $250,000 gift to the University at Buffalo to create and provide initial support for a program to train entry- and mid-level workers for Western New York's emerging life-sciences industry.
  • UB School of Management Uses New Technology to Help Community
    7/11/07
    The University at Buffalo School of Management and the Not For Profit Resource Center, an initiative of the United Way of Buffalo and Erie County, are partnering to help local community service agencies through an innovative new educational technology, Digital Access.
  • Bansal Gift Will Help Fund New UB Engineering Building
    7/2/07
    A $500,000 gift from Ravinder K. Bansal, Ph.D., and his wife, Pratibha Bansal, M.D., of Clarence, to the University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences will be used for costs associated with the construction of a new engineering building on UB's North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Ernst & Young Matches Alumni Contributions to UB
    6/27/07
    The worldwide public accounting firm of Ernst & Young LLP and its staff members have contributed $34,400 to the University at Buffalo over the past year.
  • Alumni Gift Names New Computer Science and Engineering Laboratory
    5/18/07
    Gina Bronkie Hammond, who received a master's degree in computer science and engineering (CSE) from the University at Buffalo in 1973, has given a generous gift of $150,000 to the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences in support of a new high-tech flagship engineering building.
  • Gift to UB Will Promote Economic Development
    4/13/07
    A major gift from Frederick J. Kogut, who earned undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University at Buffalo in 1960 and 1965, respectively, will help promote rural development in third world countries, especially on the African continent, as well as helping rural communities in upstate New York.
  • Edmond, Connie Gicewicz Make Major Gift to UB Athletics
    4/6/07
    In recognition of the support that Edmond J. Gicewicz and his wife, Connie, have provided to the University at Buffalo's athletics program, the UB Athletics Hall of Fame will be renamed the Dr. and Mrs. Edmond J. Gicewicz Family UB Athletics Hall of Fame.
  • Rustgi Family Gift Provides Physics Professorship to UB
    4/5/07
    Brothers Vinod K. Rustgi, M.D., and Anil K. Rustgi, M.D., along with their mother, Kamla Rustgi, are honoring their father's memory by endowing the Moti Lal Rustgi Professorship in the Department of Physics in the University at Buffalo's College of Arts and Sciences.
  • Science, Mathematics Mentoring Program for Teachers Expands
    2/15/07
    A University at Buffalo program that exemplifies the university's commitment to creating a pipeline to public higher education for kindergarten through high school students has expanded from one to two Buffalo schools, thanks to a $485,000 grant from the John R. Oishei Foundation.
  • Bequest Gift Provides Scholarships for Social Work Students
    2/12/07
    Future students who are seeking a degree from the University at Buffalo School of Social Work will have access to more scholarship assistance, thanks to a bequest gift for $423,701 from alumna Jean Schumacher Cook.