The $15 million bequest from George Bemis Jr. aims to strengthen medical research, physician recruitment and academic leadership at the College of Medicine.
Chris Higgins will oversee all fundraising for UC’s medical campus, including the colleges of medicine, nursing and allied health sciences, the James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy and the UC Health system.
The gift from Jagtar “Jay” Chaudhry and P. Jyoti Chaudhry will cover any remaining financial gaps for every Pell-eligible student living in the Gen-1 1MPACT House, after they receive Federal Pell and other grants.
Appointed Civic Leadership Academy, is a nonpartisan initiative of the Women’s Fund that prepares and empowers women to serve on civic boards and commissions.
Leigh Fox will lead the University of Cincinnati Foundation’s 40-member board of trustees for the next two years. The board also elected two new members. The UC Foundation is the philanthropic arm supporting the University of Cincinnati and UC Health.