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A senior higher education development executive with considerable experience in major campaigns has been appointed by the University of Cambridge to lead its development and alumni relations programmes.
Ms Kate Wilson has been appointed Acting Chief Operating Officer, charged with building organisational capability to support the philanthropic and alumni relations objectives of the University. Her responsibilities include Prospect Information and Research, Major Gifts Fundraising, Alumni and Supporter Engagement, Communications, Finance and Operations.
The Philanthropist, Cambridge’s new magazine, celebrates the impact of philanthropy across the University and Colleges and includes stories and articles that bring the benefits of philanthropy to life.
The University of Cambridge today announced it has raised more than US$2.0 billion (£1.17 billion) during the course of its 800th Anniversary Campaign, the largest fundraising total ever announced by a European university.
The fifth annual fundraising report on the 800th Anniversary Campaign has been released.
David Harding, the founder, chairman and head of research of Winton Capital Management, has pledged to donate £20 million to the Cavendish Laboratory.
The Humanitas programme of visiting Professorships, funded by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue with the support of a series of generous benefactors, has been launched.
A major gift from prominent Ukrainian businessman Dmitry Firtash to the University of Cambridge has permanently endowed Western Europe’s premier programme in the study of the culture and language of Ukraine.
The total raised for the University and Colleges by the 800th Anniversary Campaign has just surpassed £1 billion, two years ahead of schedule.
The fourth annual fundraising report on the 800th Anniversary Campaign has been released.
Research into Darwin’s correspondence, funded by the Bonita Trust, to shed light on the role of women in his work and domestic life...
Unique new Professorship of Equine and Farm Animal Science endowed by Alborada Trust, named in honour of the celebrated thoroughbred race-mare...
A stunning £82 million benefaction from Gatsby Charitable Foundation funds new Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge...
Steel giant endows prestigious new professorship in ‘this most wonderful of materials’...
Cyprus-based A G Leventis Foundation has made an outstanding gift to the University by endowing a new Professorship of Greek Culture...
The endowment of a prestigious Professorship in the Department of East Asian Studies was marked by a landmark public lecture on 30 September...
Masters and Scholars: Cambridge, community, and the evolving role of former students...
The University of Cambridge and its Colleges welcome the UK Government’s matched funding scheme to encourage philanthropic donations to English universities...
Jessica and Peter Frankopan of the Staples Trust have given a major benefaction to fund a Director for the increasingly influential Centre for Gender Studies at Cambridge...
A £5 million gift from Dr Alan Reece, industrialist, inventor and former academic, is set to raise the roof at Cambridge's pioneering Institute for Manufacturing...
This historic and prestigious post has been re-endowed in perpetuity through a fund established by the generosity of the Kirby Laing Foundation...
An £8 million gift from the Hauser-Raspe Foundation will create a major new focal point for Cambridge's vibrant enterprise culture...
Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England, has given a dinner in honour of James Meade (1907-1995), one of the foremost Cambridge economists...
Professor Alison Richard, Vice-Chancellor, named CASE-Europe Leader of the Year 2007 for her exemplary energy and commitment...
A gift from Grace and Thomas Chan funds new scholarship programme to encourage talented Chinese graduates to study the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences...
Benefactor David Harding Brings the Science of Risk to Cambridge...
Three generations of computing genius united in Cambridge when leading lights of Qualcomm visited the Computer Laboratory and Judge Business School...
Some of Cambridge's Rising Stars presented their research at an event hosted by Vice-Chancellor on 2 July...
Vice-Chancellor's annual letter to alumni addresses Cambridge's genius of scale...
Over 500 alumni and friends attended dinners for the Vice-Chancellor when she travelled to Australia in March...
