Philanthropy

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

  • Jennifer McDonough Named Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations
    9/19/01
    Jennifer A. McDonough, vice president for development and alumni relations at the University of Vermont, has been appointed vice president for development and alumni relations at the University at Buffalo.
  • UB Bulls Go High-Tech to Win Football Games, Thanks to a Grad's Gift to the Division of Athletics
    7/17/01
    Football coaches at the University at Buffalo are going digital thanks to a $250,000 gift from former UB football player Gerald H. Scriver to the Division of Athletics for a video-editing system.
  • Alfiero Family Donation of $2 Million to Benefit UB School of Management
    6/1/01
    Motivated by a desire to give back to the community where he founded and grew his business enterprises and raised his family, Sal H. Alfiero has made a generous gift to the University at Buffalo School of Management to be used for construction of a new structure to be built adjacent to and connected with the Jacobs Management Center.
  • Delaware North's Chief Donates Buffalo Landmark to UB
    5/9/01
    Business executive and civic leader Jeremy M. Jacobs, Sr., has donated the landmark Butler Mansion -- now the Jacobs Executive Development Center -- to the University at Buffalo and its School of Management.
  • New Gift from Anonymous Donor Helps UB Honors Program Approach Halfway Mark on Its $10 Million Campaign Goal
    5/8/01
    With an unwavering commitment to educating the best and the brightest students, the anonymous donor whose contributions started, and have been the major force behind, the University at Buffalo's Distinguished Honors Scholars Program has given the program another cash donation of $800,000.
  • UB's Dental and Social Work Schools Receive Community Foundation Grant for Innovative Initiative
    4/3/01
    A $33,000 grant from the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo to UB's School of Social Work and its School of Dental Medicine will support a pilot project designed to reach out to older adults who are patients in UB's dental clinics and who may need social services.
  • Former Basketball Player Pledges $250,000 to UB
    3/28/01
    Ronald W. Schlenker Sr., a University at Buffalo alumnus and former basketball player, has pledged $250,000 to the Division of Athletics for a scholarship fund for student athletes.
  • UB’s School of Information Studies Receives $200,000 Curriculum Grant from AT&T
    3/20/01
    AT&T has awarded the University at Buffalo's School of Information Studies (SIS) a two-year, $200,000 grant to support the curriculum for a 36-credit-hour interdisciplinary master's degree in information and communication that will prepare students to enter the information workforce by mixing theory with practical experience.
  • New York Islanders’ Former Co-Owner and CEO Donates to University at Buffalo’s Division of Athletics
    2/28/01
    University at Buffalo alumnus Stephen Walsh -- business executive, former co-owner and CEO of the New York Islanders NHL hockey team -- and his wife, Janet B. Walsh, have pledged $250,000 to the University at Buffalo's Division of Athletics.
  • International Financier, UB Alumnus Brun Pledges $1 Million to UB School of Social Work
    2/13/01
    An international investment advisor who used his University at Buffalo degree in social work to build a $32 billion business, Leslie A. Brun is pledging $1 million to the UB School of Social Work.