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Entrepreneur and alumnus R. Ken Coit has committed $5 million through his family foundation to bolster the University of Arizona R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy as a trailblazer in pharmaceutical education, research and innovation.

Over the last several months, the University of Arizona has been in the news locally and regionally. At times, giving and the endowment have come up in ways that suggest there are misconceptions in the community about how the University of Arizona Foundation works.

The center will advance research and conservation efforts, educate future conservation scientists and leaders and develop a broader understanding of the Earth's biosphere.

The founding dean and namesake of the University of Arizona James C. Wyant College of Optical Sciences, Wyant founded three successful optics companies, led multiple professional societies and gave more than $30 million to support students.

The professorship, endowed by Desmond and Jean Ruley Kearns, will provide financial support and recognition to a faculty member who demonstrates expertise in, passion for and commitment to advancing natural resources law.

A new commitment from the Bartlett family positions University of Arizona Health Sciences to recruit a leader for the Center for Advanced Molecular and Immunological Therapies' cancer division.

Community leader and wellness entrepreneur Mel Zuckerman and his wife, Enid, are the founding funders of the University of Arizona College of Public Health that bears their name.

The University of Arizona rugby program will now offer scholarships to its student-athletes thanks to a $1 million gift from Jason Figley, a parent of a current and a former rugby player at UArizona.

A $1.1 million gift will support the development of a University of Arizona Cancer Center program that aims to integrate traditional medicine and therapies with Western cancer treatments to improve health outcomes, build resiliency for survival and encourage patient well-being.

TUCSON, Ariz. — A new $10 million gift from the Steele Foundation includes the first private philanthropic support for the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center for Advanced Molecular and Immunological Therapies, or CAMI. This news follows Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey’s designation of $150 million in funding for the center, announced earlier today.

Greg Boyce was accepted to two universities after he finished high school. But a springtime visit to Tucson made it an easy choice: He was going to study engineering at the University of Arizona.

Helen S. Schaefer, center, at the May 5, 2005, groundbreaking ceremony for the Helen S. Schaefer Building, which houses the university's Poetry Center. Others in the photo include, from left: Gail Browne, then the executive director of the Poetry Center; university President Emeritus John P. Schaefer; then-President Peter Likins; and Charles Tatum, then the dean of the College of Humanities.