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Giving News

North Quad: New campus landmark blends academics and residential life »
The last time the University opened a new residence, Bursley Hall in 1967, Lyndon Johnson was president and FM radio represented the cutting edge of electronic media.

A Q&A with Stephen Forrest: Discovering the Michigan Difference »
U-M’s Vice President for Research discusses opportunities and the pursuit of new knowledge across campus and beyond

President Coleman visits China, strengthens ties with universities »
University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman travels to China today to strengthen and celebrate new and long-standing partnerships in research and education in broad areas that include science, engineering, business, public health and the arts.

Molly Dobson Helps D-SIP Grow »
“If we do not invest in education, then we fail as a society.” These words of wisdom come from Molly Dobson, founding donor to the U-M’s award-winning Development Summer Internship Program (D-SIP).

UMS Selected as One of Three University Performing Arts Presenters Awarded a Grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation »
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded grants totaling $1.9 million to a consortium of three university-based, multi-disciplinary performing arts presenting organizations.

Stamps gift for merit-based aid to double the number of Stamps Scholars on campus »
Through their family foundation, Penny (BSDES ’66, CERTT EDUC ’66) and Roe Stamps have extended their support for Michigan students with a recent gift of nearly $3.3 million for merit-based financial aid.

UMHS receives $15 million for women’s hospital »
The Ted and Jane Von Voigtlander Foundation has made the largest-ever gift to the Health System for women’s health. It supports construction of a new women’s hospital.

A Q&A with Tim Slottow: Dollars and Sense »
U-M's Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer talks about investing, building, saving and competing.

PBS Newshour: In Ann Arbor, Michigan Finds Its ‘Life Preserver’ »
Michigan is home to few bright economic spots these days—with the exception of the college town of Ann Arbor.

Former Wolverine Charles Woodson gives $2 million to C.S. Mott Children's Hospital »
Woodson's gift to the new U-M C.S. Mott Children's Hospital will support groundbreaking pediatric research by funding The Charles Woodson Clinical Research Fund.

President Mary Sue Coleman Says U-M in Good Financial Shape: Video »
President Coleman talks with Bloomberg's Lori Rothman and Mark Crumpton about the University's finances and partnership with Google Inc. to digitize books. Coleman says the university is in "very good financial shape."

Time Magazine names President Mary Sue Coleman one of the nation's ten best college presidents »
Fundraising. It's every university president's bane; it's every university president's salvation. And those in the maize and blue have long seen the writing on the wall.

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