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With our donors’ help, we’re changing the world. We’re fighting disease, creating a more sustainable environment, leading advances in the computer age, and gaining new insight into the human mind. Every day, your gifts are at work. Not just a pretty placeThe National Wildflower Research Center’s mission of increasing sustainable use and conservation of native wildflowers, plants, and landscapes is now finding roots in coursework at The University of Texas. A friend the University could count onSometimes a modest life can make a big difference. Maebess Matthews grew up in Austin living above a shop on the Drag and spent her career as a public servant. But she made some smart investments along the way, and when she died she left almost $2 million to The University of Texas at Austin. Inspiring young people to succeedMeadows Foundation grant sends award-winning “State of Tomorrow” DVDs to every Texas public middle and high school. Campus icon now ready for another 75 yearsDallas couple’s gift spurs restoration of beloved 1933 Littlefield Fountain. Gates boosts top-10 computer science programBy Lee Clippard One of the nation’s leading computer science departments is a big step closer to having a new, state-of-the-art home, thanks to a $30 million challenge grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The foundation’s investment will be paid as the College of Natural Sciences raises the remaining funds for the complex. The [...] Bringing the Big Apple to the Forty AcresOne alum’s mission: Raise the University’s profile by sending more New Yorkers to UT. A laboratory for lifeSeay’s lead gift helps build cutting-edge new home for Psychology and Human Development and Family Sciences. Trading the high seas for a higher educationHarrington Fellow Nick Crain applies skills he learned in the Navy to his graduate studies in corporate finance and governance. Repeat donors enhance UT one gift at a timeAnnual gifts strengthen the college, school, or program of your choice. A timely investment in urban planningDallas civic leaders Deedie and Rusty Rose give $1 million to the School of Architecture. University announces $3 billion Campaign for TexasUT Austin has already raised $722 million in our drive to strengthen our national competitiveness and global impact. ‘Horns Helping Horns’ assists freshmen with lessProgram gives neediest of new students a leg up as they begin their UT years. $1.2 million to help document world conflictsHouston’s Bridgeway Foundation works with UT Libraries to combat oppression, genocide, and human rights violations. Playwright takes home 2008 Keene PrizeDonor-funded award, given to University of Texas students only, is among the world’s largest literary prizes. Little Longhorn ‘seniors’ headed for middle schoolUT Elementary, a one-of-a-kind public charter school, graduates its first class of fifth-graders. $15 million for law, nursing, undergraduate studiesHouston attorney and philanthropist Joe Jamail calls his gift “the best and most lasting investment I could make.” Bank of America invests $1 million in pediatricsWith the new UT institute, Austin is set to become a hub of excellence for children’s health and biomedical research. Young researchers recognized for cutting-edge workSloan Fellowships reward outstanding promise among five assistant professors. Little Longhorns, big dreamsCutting-edge approach at UT Elementary School features longer school days, family literacy program, latest research, and Texas Exes mentor program. Architecture team wins quarter-million-dollar prizePermanent endowment will support graduate research in sustainable design. Taking a slice out of lifeUT researchers use cutting-edge scanners to study extinct animals. |
Lebermann Foundation Gives $2.5 Million to Plan IIWednesday, May 16, 2012 Ransom Center Awards 2012-13 FellowshipsTuesday, May 15, 2012 ExxonMobil Foundation Makes Record Matching DonationThursday, May 10, 2012 Gift Will Fund Expansion of Texas Venture LabsThursday, May 3, 2012 Co-op’s Mitchell Awards Recognize Academic ExcellenceWednesday, May 2, 2012 |