Brandeis U. Announces Major Gift
December 19, 2007 | Read Time: 1 minute
Brandeis University announced a $22.5-million gift yesterday from the Mandel Foundation of Cleveland, among the largest ever received by the university, reports The Boston Globe. The donation will be used to build an interdisciplinary humanities center that school officials hope will serve as a hub for research, scholarship, and teaching in the humanities.
Jehuda Reinharz, president of Brandeis, called the gift “transformative” and said that with it, “Brandeis intends to create a truly visionary place that will highlight the relevance and importance of the humanities.”
The Mandel Foundation has a long history of supporting Brandeis. Previous gifts have established the Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education, as well as graduate fellowships in English, American literature, and the humanities. Ms. Reinharz said, however, that this gift was unique. “With this gift, they wanted to make a statement that this is a field that needs support. They wanted to set an example.”
Brandeis has been highly successful in recent fund-raising efforts and has nearly reached its goal to raise $800-million over the past six years.
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