Last year, 45,909 donors invested $435.6 million in students, faculty, researchers and health care professionals at the University of Colorado so they can imagine what’s possible.
Read stories from CU’s four
campuses that show the power of donors’ gifts.
Imagine how evidence-based research drives education reform
If you were a student in the Denver Public Schools between 2008 and 2019, you may not have realized it at the time, but you were likely benefiting from the most comprehensive and effective education reform initiative in the history of the United…
Imagine the profound impact scholarships have on students
In 2023, your gifts funded $52 million in scholarships and fellowships, including the prestigious Chancellor's Award at CU Boulder.
Hear three award recipients share their aspirations, academic pursuits and long-term goals.
Imagine what the brightest minds can uncover
Did you know that voice assistants like Siri, Google Assistant and Alexa can be vulnerable to inaudible voice cyberattacks?
New hacking techniques can employ inaudible voice commands to initiate Trojan attacks on your smartphone.…
Imagine what it means to give leukemia patients hope
Researchers at CU Anschutz’s Gates Institute are exploring early use of a last-resort therapy in patients with an aggressive form of leukemia.
The groundbreaking phase I clinical trial of CAR T-cell therapy is made possible through gifts…
There are many ways to give and even more ways to create impact.
Imagine the possibilities: a graduate fellowship, access to ancient artifacts, a new engineering building, better outcomes for cancer patients, a house that honors a historic neighborhood....
A $20 million gift to CU Anschutz from Katy and Paul Rady will accelerate breakthroughs and improve outcomes for esophageal cancer patients. Katy Rady’s brother, Paul O’Hara, passed away from esophageal cancer in 2015, and the family was moved to give following the multidisciplinary care he received at the CU Cancer Center.
Sarah Crump was a passionate paleoclimate scientist who studied past climate change at CU Boulder’s Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research. She passed away in April 2022. A crowdfunding campaign started in her honor has raised more than $300,000 for a graduate fellowship that will support the next generation of graduate students.
Regina Kilkenny knows what it’s like to struggle to pay for schooling. The CU alumna and staff member worked three jobs to pay for her undergraduate and graduate degrees, even selling plasma to cover the cost of rent, tuition, fees or books. Now, Kilkenny is looking to open doors for students at CU Denver by designating the university as a beneficiary of her retirement account.
UCCS engineering students will study and conduct research in the new Anschutz Engineering Center thanks the combined efforts of philanthropic organizations, industry partners and alumni. The beam ceremony took place on May 5, 2023, and the new building is slated to be completed in January 2024.
Regent Nolbert Chavez has poured his time and energy into a project he holds close: the renovation of CU Denver's Centennial House. The house’s May 2023 ribbon-cutting signifies a major step in CU Denver's efforts to revitalize the historic Auraria neighborhood, home to the university's campus.
A gift of nearly 1,000 ancient stone tools from artist Tony Berlant will enhance learning and research opportunities at UCCS. The impressive collection of stone artifacts from the Paleolithic and Neolithic ages ranges from about 6,000 to 600,000 years old.
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