Giving in Action
- Alumnus, entrepreneur and Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder donor Tandean Rustandy has given $5 million to create the Tandean Rustandy Endowed Deanship at the Leeds School of Business—the first named deanship on campus.
- Six life science scholars will embark on their PhD studies and contribute their unique cultural experiences to the Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder campus this fall through a nearly $1.9 million gift to the university from the Shurl and Kay Curci Foundation.
- John W. Comerford, who discovered the power of film at Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder, arranges major gift to its Stan Brakhage Moving Image Art Forum and Studies Collection.
- Four basketball games this week are slated to be gift card collection sites, organized by Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØAthletics. Needed are cards for fire victims to shop at Front Range grocery stores, department stores and local restaurants. Please ensure the value of the card is visible on the card.
- University Libraries has launched a new fund to support a growing collection of materials focused on Chicanx and Latinx communities on campus and beyond. The endowment was made possible by a generous donation by EBSCO Information Services.
- Alumnus Tandean Rustandy has given more than $10 million to Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder, including support for the new $45 million Rustandy Building. At a ribbon-cutting Sunday, Rustandy surprised attendees with news of another $1.25 million gift.
- John and Ann Harsh are creating a scholarship for first-generation and underrepresented students studying integrative physiology, as well as a bequest to establish the first endowed faculty chair in the Department of Integrative Physiology and directorship of the Health Professions Residential Academic Program.
- The Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ has received a $2 million gift from The Anschutz Foundation to support the university’s diverse research in aerospace and national defense—from tracking and protecting satellites in orbit to improving the security of mobile devices.
- As the world of live theater strives to resume this fall after a long pandemic hiatus, alumna, arts aficionado and philanthropist Roe Green is helping welcome students and the community back with a record-breaking $5 million gift for the Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder theater program.
- Raytheon Intelligence & Space and Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder announced this week the creation of the Raytheon Technologies Endowed Graduate Fellowship Fund to support top graduate students at the university’s College of Engineering and Applied Science.