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December 13, 2010

$1.8 million public health grant will AIM for healthier children

Colorado School of Public Health partnership with the University of Denver to benefit rural schools AURORA, Colo. (Dec. 13, 2010) – As the federal government prepares to implement the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, Colorado is moving forward with local plans to implement new childhood nutrition and physical exercise programs. The Colorado School of Public Health’s [...]

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September 14, 2010

Business School starts new risk management program

Facing fierce competition for business talent, Pinnacol Assurance, Colorado’s leading workers’ compensation insurance company, is joining with the University of Colorado Denver Business School to create a new Risk Management and Insurance Program (RMI), the first of its kind in the state.

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September 14, 2010

Major Estate Gift to Benefit Cardiology and Neurology Research at School of Medicine

A bequest of more than $1.9 million will bolster two areas of health care research at the University of Colorado School of Medicine on the Anschutz Medical Campus.

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August 26, 2010

Estate pledges vault at CU, CSU

The University of Colorado logged $25.2 million in estate-plan commitments, an increase of 700 percent from the year before. Planned giving at Colorado State University’s Fort Collins campus totaled $11.3 million, an increase of 812 percent.

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August 2, 2010

CU garners $140.8 million in private support for fiscal year 2009-10

Planned gift commitments, Denver campus gifts achieve records DENVER—A pioneer of the University of Colorado Boulder’s Learning Assistants program gives more than $100,000 to help innovative teaching practices reach more students. A University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS) business-ethics initiative gets a seven-figure infusion. A major estate gift enhances Alzheimer’s research at CU’s Anschutz Medical [...]

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July 2, 2010

UCCS to celebrate El Pomar donation

An atrium in the Science & Engineering Building on the campus of the University of Colorado Colorado Springs will be named in recognition of a $1 million gift during July 1 ceremonies.

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June 23, 2010

Impostors Falsely Claiming to Fundraise for CU

It has recently come to the attention of the University of Colorado that door-to-door salespeople have been falsely representing themselves as members of the CU orchestra raising money for a trip to Europe. The CU Foundation does not solicit donations door to door, and these individuals are not representatives of the university or the CU Foundation.

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May 13, 2010

Major Estate Gift Will Bolster Alzheimer’s Research at University of Colorado School of Medicine

A bequest of more than $1.1 million from a former University of Colorado professor of medicine and his wife, a laboratory staff member, will help the School of Medicine’s Department of Neurology greatly enhance its research related to Alzheimer’s disease—a disease seeing spiraling incidence here in Colorado.

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April 21, 2010

Family to dedicate UCCS Gallogly Events Center

A formal ceremony honoring a family that includes eight University of Colorado Colorado Springs alumni and donated $1 million to a new campus events center is scheduled for 5 p.m. Wednesday on the campus of the University of Colorado Colorado Springs.

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April 20, 2010

Former CU Medical Researcher Leaves Legacy in Medical School Scholarships

Several students in the University of Colorado Denver’s new BA/BS-MD program will receive School of Medicine scholarships—thanks to a new endowment funded by a bequest from former University of Colorado medical researcher Jean Baughman (BS ’58, CU-Boulder).

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