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UCSF | $500 Million Gift.
The Helen Diller Foundation makes the largest gift in UCSF history: $400 million for endowed faculty and student support and $100 million for a discretionary Chancellor’s Innovation Fund.
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University of Bristol | £500 Million Second Campus.
Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus opens beside Bristol Temple Meads for approximately 4,500 students and 650 staff, with emphasis on AI, digital engineering, cybersecurity, telecommunications and quantum technology.
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Cornell University | $6.8 Billion Campaign.
Cornell closes its To Do the Greatest Good campaign well beyond its $5 billion target, including a record $1.1 billion final fundraising year and more than 1,000 endowed funds created or strengthened.
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University of Missouri | Engineering, Energy & Athletics.
Mizzou receives a $50 million engineering gift, breaks ground on the Payne Energy Innovation Center and opens its approximately $250–260 million Memorial Stadium Centennial Project.
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Ohio State University | Residence Portfolio Rationalization.
Trustees advance major work at Baker Hall, Drackett Tower and Taylor Tower while planning the retirement of Jones Tower — a consequential reinvest-or-retire decision for aging residential inventory.
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Denison University | AI Enters the Liberal-Arts Settlement.
Knobel Hall and the King Center for Data & Innovation open with an institutional objective of integrating data and AI literacy throughout the undergraduate experience.
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University of Arizona | $3 Billion Campaign Threshold.
Arizona surpasses its Fuel Wonder campaign goal following a record $425 million fundraising year, accompanied by new support for integrated business and engineering education.
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University of Dayton | New Business School Building.
A $15 million gift — the university’s largest single gift — launches the public fundraising phase for a planned four-story, 153,000-square-foot School of Business Administration building.
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Baylor University | Moody School of Education.
Baylor unveils the newly named Moody School of Education following a $30 million Moody Foundation gift — the largest gift in the school’s 107-year history.
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University of Cincinnati | Adaptive Reuse.
UC begins an approximately $30 million renovation of its historic YMCA building, converting 17,000 square feet into a new student hub known as The Why.
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