Children’s Hospital Receives $25 Million, and Dartmouth Lands $20 Million for DEI in STEM Fields
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Richard Wood Jr. (left) gave $25 million to establish the Richard D. Wood Jr. Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. At right is Scott Adzick, surgeon-in-chief and founder and director of the center.
A roundup of notable gifts compiled by the Chronicle:
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Richard Wood Jr. and his family gave $25 million to establish the Richard D. Wood Jr. Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment. The money will support a range of new clinical, educational, and research programs within the center and endow a chair in pediatric surgical science and fellowships in that field.
NH Business Review
‘Extraordinary’ donation to focus on ‘historically underrepresented students’
May 20, 2021
A $20 million gift from Dartmouth alumni Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe and her husband John Donohoe will be used to expand the college’s E.E. Just Program, named for a prominent African-American biologist who graduated from Dartmouth in 1907.
An alumni couple has given Dartmouth College $20 million to boost efforts to draw more under-represented groups to the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics and to encourage more such faculty members early in their careers.
The gift 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 evening.
President Philip J. Hanlon ’77 “
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Gift from Dartmouth alumni seeds a $60 million investment plan for DEI initiatives.
Video of The Enduring Legacy of Dr E E Just, Dartmouth Class of 1907
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Dartmouth today announced a gift of $20 million from Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe 81 and John Donahoe 82 to enhance the representation, success, and leadership of historically underrepresented groups in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) nationally.
Their gift honors the legacy of Dartmouth alumnus E.E. Just, the African American scientific trailblazer and valedictorian of the Class of 1907, and is a key component of a $60 million investment Dartmouth is making in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives across the institution.
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
Newsletter - April 2021
Announcements
We are delighted to announce that the U.S. Embassy to Canada has awarded MIGS a grant to organize a virtual speaker series titled “Countering Digital Authoritarianism”. MIGS will bring American and Canadian experts together to discuss how new technologies are being used to suppress human rights.
MIGS was selected to host a panel discussion titled “Spotlight on Digital Authoritarianism” at the 10th edition of RightsCon taking place June 7-11, 2021.
19 April 2021
MIGS is hosting its monthly “Democracy Drinks” in partnership with the Canadian International Council. Distinguished Canadian career diplomat, Jeremy Kinsman, will be this month’s guest.