Jacobs family gives $30 million to UB Medical School

A story on the front page of the Buffalo News reports Jeremy Jacobs, his wife Margaret and their family are giving $30 million to UB’s medical school, which will be named the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and is UB’s first naming gift. The article notes the gift brings Jacobs’ and his family’s total contributions to the university to more than $50 million, and quotes Jacobs, UB President Satish K. Tripathi and Michael E. Cain, vice president for health sciences and dean of the medical school. The article notest that the donation comes at an important time for the medical school, which is constructing a new home on Buffalo's downtown medical campus.

Stories also appeared locally on WBFO-FM, WBEN-AM, WGRZ-TV, WIVB-TV and Business First, as well as nationally in outlets that include the Chronicle of Philanthropy, ESPN, Associated Press, The New York Times, Newsday, Albany Times Union, Houston Chronicle, ABC News and Washington Post.

Read more:

http://www.buffalonews.com/business/jacobs-family-gives-30-million-to-ub-medical-school-20150914

http://news.wbfo.org/post/ubs-medical-school-be-named-after-jacobs-family#stream/0

http://www.wben.com/UB-Receives-30-Million-From-Jacobs/21960754

http://www.wgrz.com/story/money/business/2015/09/14/jacobs-family-donates-30m-to-ubs-new-medical-school/72255106/

http://wivb.com/ap/university-at-buffalo-gets-30m-from-bruins-owners-family/

http://espn.go.com/boston/nhl/story/_/id/13656547/university-buffalo-gets-30m-family-boston-bruins-owner-jeremy-jacobs

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/09/14/us/ap-us-buffalo-medical-school.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/university-at-buffalo-gets-30m-from-bruins-owners-family/2015/09/14/28d72878-5b04-11e5-8475-781cc9851652_story.html

https://philanthropy.com/article/U-of-Buffalo-Alumnus-Donates/233121