Star Wars filmmaker George Lucas and his wife Mellody Hobson an investment firm executive donated $25 million to University of Chicago for the development of the school’s new arts hall which will support new programs in theater, visual arts and music. The new “Gordon Parks Arts Hall” will open at the University of Chicago’s Hyde Park campus in 2015 and is named after a photographer, musician and film director who came to Chicago in 1929 at the age of 17, who began as a photog

It was a promise Stu Lang made to his wife when they set up a charitable foundation - to support education and facilities primarily in the schools that they have attended. Last week it was revealed that he kept his promise by donating $10million to Queens University to revive its stadium. Stu Lang quoted: "The hope was that as lead donor, I would inspire some of the other alumni and people connected with the university to step up." Stu Lang graduated from the Queen’s Universi

Loyola University receives $10 million from alumni John Schreiber, a graduate of the school of business from the 1960's. The donation will go towards facilitating the new business school facility downtown. The 10 story building will be on the college’s water tower campus at State and Peterson streets and will be named as John and Kathy Schreiber Center. The President of Loyola University and CEO, Rev. Michael J garinzini, quotes: “The gift will lead to a state-of-the-art, env

Last week it was announced that George Washington University was set to receive $80 million in three gifts connected to two philanthropists - Michael Milken and Summer M Redstone. Redstone’s charitable foundation will provide $30 million over five years to establish a global center for prevention and wellness... Around $40 million over five years will then come from the Milken Institute to support the university’s young and growing school of public health and the school will

Yesterday the The Texas Tech University System Board of Regents announced that the ASU weight room in the Junell Center will be renamed the Ben and Alvetta Kelly weight room after a generous donation from Mike Millegan. Millegan's explains why he wanted the name, “Ben Kelly opened up the doors at ASU so that many African American athletes could follow his footsteps. Leader is how I define him. He has displayed the courage, strength and unselfishness to breakthrough and make a

The McCombs School of Business of The University of Texas at Austin, received US $5 million from former alumni Bob and Marcie Zlotnik. The couple announced that their donation would go towards the funding of a new graduate business building that will increase teaching-space upgrade meeting facilities of the AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center as well as add 525 on-campus parking spaces. The building will be connected to the AT&T Executive Education and Conference C

It emerged over the weekend that the University of South Florida has received $235,750 out of a $1 million national commitment to vets’ education made by JPMorgan Chase & Co. The University of South Florida has been recognized in the past for its veteran-friendly services, being one of the few to have a free-standing Veterans Achievement Center, dedicated to provided counselling and support for former soldiers. University President, Judy Genshaft said,“This is such a meaningf