Image $3M gift funds director of cancer research at CAMI May 22, 2023 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. Read more
Image UArizona Remembers Public Health Champion Mel Zuckerman March 18, 2023 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. Read more
Image $1M gift elevates rugby at University of Arizona Feb. 2, 2023 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. Read more
Image Cancer Center gets $1.1M gift for holistic cancer care Jan. 4, 2023 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. Read more
Image $10 Million Steele Foundation Gift Includes First Private Support for UArizona Health Sciences Center Nov. 2, 2022 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. Read more
Image $2.5M gift from Boyce family establishes Mining and Geological Engineering Endowed Chair Sept. 15, 2022 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. Read more
Image UArizona remembers prolific university supporter Helen S. Schaefer Sept. 8, 2022 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. Read more
Image Roshan Cultural Heritage Institute supports UArizona graduate students and faculty with $2.5M Aug. 1, 2022 A $2.5 million charitable grant to the University of Arizona from Roshan Cultural Heritage Institute will advance scholarship in Persian and Iranian studies and support an endowed professorship and graduate student fellowships. Read more
Image $4.8M gift to Arizona Athletics to strengthen student-athlete experience June 6, 2022 Arizona Football letter winner and longtime University of Arizona supporter Douglas Allred has given gifts totaling $4.8 million to Arizona Athletics. The funds will support program enhancements for the football and men's basketball programs as well as the Lute Olson Endowment for Excellence in Men's Basketball. Read more
Image Arizona to Build Clements Golf Center at Tucson Country Club June 1, 2022 The University of Arizona, Arizona Athletics and Tucson Country Club have reached an agreement to construct a new facility to be the official home of Arizona Men's and Women's Golf programs. The William M. "Bill" Clements Golf Center will be named in honor of philanthropist and community icon Bill Clements who passed away in 1995. Read more