Dartmouth announces $20 million gift for diversity in STEM fields
Dartmouth College trustee Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe and her husband John Donahoe, the CEO of Nike and a former Dartmouth trustee, have given 20 million to the college to draw more underrepresented groups to STEM fields. (Courtesy photograph)
Published: 5/17/2021 5:06:02 PM
HANOVER Dartmouth College on Sunday said an alumni couple has given the college $20 million to boost efforts to draw more underrepresented groups to the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics and to encourage more such faculty members early in their careers.
The gift from a Dartmouth trustee who has been active in human rights and her husband, one of the highest-paid CEOs in the country is jump-starting a $60 million initiative to “to support diversity, equity and inclusion in STEM at Dartmouth through faculty diversity, student support, and community building efforts,” Dartmouth said in a news release Sunday eve
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