Philanthropy

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

  • Jacobs Designates Newly Purchased Butler Mansion For Use By UB School Of Management
    12/7/99
    Jeremy M. Jacobs, Sr., chairman and chief executive officer of Delaware North Companies, today finalized purchase of the Butler Mansion and announced that he will make the building available for use by the University at Buffalo School of Management.
  • $1 Million Gift From Henry A. Panasci, Jr. To Establish Entrepreneurial Award At UB
    12/6/99
    A pharmacist and business executive turned venture capitalist, University at Buffalo graduate Henry A. Panasci, Jr. has given $1 million to the university to create a competition that encourages students to become entrepreneurs.
  • Killer In The Closed Stacks!!! 25,000 Pulp-Fiction Paperbacks Thrill UB Librarians
    11/5/99
    One of his favorite pulp writers might describe George Kelley as "just one dirty guy doing a seedy job in a miserable world." But Kelley's life-long pursuit of cheap -- sometimes even cheesy -- paperbacks has the librarians at the University at Buffalo doing handsprings. That's because Kelley has made a gift to the UB Libraries of 25,000 pulp-fiction titles.
  • Minniefield Works To Increase Awareness Of Organ Donation In Minority Communities
    10/20/99
    William Minniefield's determination to convince the African-American community that organ donation is a good and necessary thing has resulted in a major grant award to the University at Buffalo and the regional transplant agency to accomplish that goal.
  • Bill Moyers To Speak At UB Nov. 3
    10/20/99
    Bill Moyers, well-known television program producer and host, journalist and author, will speak at 8 p.m. Nov. 3 in the Center for the Arts Mainstage theater on the University at Buffalo North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Conference Set On How Shifts In Higher-Education Funding Restrict Access For Low-Income Students
    10/20/99
    The critical worldwide shift of higher-education costs from governments and taxpayers to students and their parents has raised serious concerns among educators here and abroad because it severely restricts access to higher education for millions of low-income students in many nations. To illuminate the problem and resolve the critical policy issues related to this crisis, the University at Buffalo will host a major international meeting of policy experts and researchers in higher-education finance on Nov. 14-16.
  • $500,000 Grant To Help In Study Of Kidney Disease
    10/13/99
    Total Renal Care, Inc. (TRC) has donated $500,000 to the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences to establish the Nephrology Research Endowment Fund to partner with UB in the battle against kidney disease.
  • Professor Peter Hare Gives Gifts Totalling $1 Million To Benefit UB Department Of Philosophy
    10/13/99
    A University at Buffalo philosophy professor is sharing more than his teaching excellence with UB's College of Arts and Sciences. Peter H. Hare, Ph.D., SUNY Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Philosophy, has given two gifts totaling $1 million to support activities of the department.
  • $200 Scholarship Inspires $100,000 Gift to Management School
    6/16/99
    Robert and Jane Yendell of Hixson, Tenn., have given $100,000 to the School of Management for the establishment of an undergraduate scholarship fund. The gift was made in remembrance of a $200 scholarship that Robert Yendell received from UB more than 50 years ago