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University of Louisville Launches Fundraising Campaign to Bolster Research and Add Endowed Faculty Roles

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The University of Louisville (UofL) has launched a fundraising campaign to match a $10 million state investment, which will go towards adding endowed faculty positions and advancing university research. Their work creates new products, companies, a trained workforce and jobs.

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Fundraising During Uncertain Times: What Not to Do

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Blogs Fundraising During Uncertain Times: What Not to Do The first two decades of the 21st century have already witnessed several major disruptions with significant economic impacts, from three recessions to the pandemic to today’s hiring crisis.

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Researchers Present Recommendations for Reversing Minority Male Enrollment Declines at Community Colleges

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The data, the researchers note, could also be used to let the public know how school districts and higher ed institutions are doing in terms of equity for minoritized students. College presidents, Harris suggested, should have yearly measurable objectives around the success of men of color, that they are evaluated on, just like fundraising.

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Edington Appointed President of the University of the District of Columbia

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A physical chemist with a research specialty in ultrafast laser spectroscopy, Edington’s scholarly work includes matters such as research and training for faculty in STEM education. Edington holds a B.A. in chemistry from Fisk University and a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from Vanderbilt University.

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HBCU Advancement Teams: Don't Underestimate the Power of the Individual Donor

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For over 20 years, I have been an avid reader of the Giving USA Report on Philanthropic Giving, an annual report on fundraising in America produced by the Indiana University Lily Family School of Philanthropy. Each June, I eagerly await its release and subsequently use it to direct my fundraising strategy for the ensuing year.

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Lilly Endowment Awards $100M Grant to United Negro College Fund

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It plans to collaborate with the institutions to match the contribution through their fundraising efforts.

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Dr. John L. Jackson, Jr. Appointed Provost at the University of Pennsylvania

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Jackson – an urban researcher, media ethnographer, anthropologist of religion, and theorist of race/ethnicity – is currently the dean at Penn’s Annenberg School for Communication and serves as the Richard Perry University Professor and is on the faculty at Penn’s Center for Experimental Ethnography. “He Jackson, Jr. Dr. John L. Jackson, Jr.