Topic: wavemakers
Pritzker Donates $1 Million Gift and $1 Million Matching Challenge
Tulane has received a $1 million gift — and an additional matching-challenge grant of up to $1 million — from the TAWANI Foundation, led by Col. (IL) Jennifer N. Pritzker, IL ARNG (Retired). The gift will establish the Audrey G. Ratner Excellence Endowed Fund for American Jewry and Jewish Culture in the School of Liberal Arts.
River-Coastal Science and Engineering Department Receives $3 Million Hubbell Gift
The School of Science and Engineering has received a $2 million gift to establish and endow the Charlotte Beyer Hubbell Chair and $1 million for an Excellence Fund in River-Coastal Science and Engineering.
A Legacy of Service
The chance meeting of a pair of Tulane University students at a medical school fraternity party almost 75 years ago led to a life filled with family, service and a lasting legacy that will continue at Tulane for years to come.
Donors Support Sport and Health
Two programs with ties to sport received generous gifts this year.
University Values
Leonard A. Lauder, chairman emeritus of The Estée Lauder Companies, Inc., has made a gift to Tulane University to establish The Leonard A. Lauder Professor of American History and Values.
Gift Enhances Covid-19 Testing
Tulane University has received a $1 million gift from Elana Amsterdam and her husband, Rob Katz, to significantly expand its molecular pathology lab to increase COVID-19 testing capacity within the region.
Gift Will Transform Jewish Studies
Tulane University has received a generous gift from Stuart and Suzanne Grant of Wilmington, Delaware, to establish the Stuart and Suzanne Grant Center for the American Jewish Experience. It is among the largest gifts to the Tulane School of Liberal Arts and the largest ever to the Department of Jewish Studies.
Major Gift Launches First Amendment Clinic
With support from a nearly $1 million gift from the Stanton Foundation, Tulane Law School will launch a new law clinic dedicated to First Amendment rights, Dean David Meyer announced.
Donors Give $2 Million to Help Faculty Compete for Research Dollars
Tulane alumna and board member Elizabeth “Libby” Alexander (NC ’84)and her husband, Robert, have pledged $2 million to set up a fund to support faculty and the university’s research grant proposal development initiatives so that researchers can spend more time pursuing world-changing discoveries.
Tulane receives $1 million to study why women have stronger immune systems
Do women have an extra line of defense in their immune systems that gives them an advantage over men in fighting infections?
