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Unfortunately, alums in the humanities are less likely to have enough cash on hand to endow a major building than alums in business or science. As a result, it is much tougher to find people from whom money can be raised for more liberal-arts type concentrations. Without the huge financial resources of business-oriented or technical departments, these concentrations are at risk of being shortchanged with antiquated equipment and fewer faculty. This unfair scenario is replayed on a larger scale with the University's graduate schools; the Business School, because of its donor base, has far more resources than...
...University has received a $25 million gift to endow a new Life Sciences Building and a Genomics Research Center, one of the top ten single gifts ever donated to Harvard...
...finally, since this is Harvard, I would suggest that we place the kicking responsibilities on the auction block. Every game, we could have a guest appearance by a wealthy alumnus who could endow the special teams assignment for his appearance. I can picture it now: "On to try the field goal is the Winston F. Smith Field Goal Kicker and Professor of the Point After, Winston F. Smith...
...friend, you are in luck. Tormented by the harangues of critics of food that's just plain bad, the International Flight Catering Association has agreed to give $750,000 to Britain's University of Surrey to endow a professorship in the airline-catering business. The professor will teach the logistics of moving food from the farm to your tray table. It's not yet offered as a major, but keep your fingers crossed...
...addition to a grant from the Ford Foundation, Dunn said Radcliffe finished the campaign with private donations to endow several fellowships and professorships...