Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.
New York University Langone Health has received a $50 million gift from the Allison and Roberto Mignone Family Foundation and a $10 million gift from Kenneth C. Griffin, founder of both Citadel and Griffin Catalyst, to establish the Mignone Women’s Health Collaborative. The new center will focus on advancing the university’s patient care capabilities and research in women’s health, as well as develop new coursework at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine.
Scripps College, a women’s liberal arts college in Claremont, California, has received a $6.3 million gift from the estate of Elizabeth “Betsy” Gordon Reinhold, an alumna who passed away in 2024. The donation will fund student scholarships through the Scripps Access Initiative and support the college’s Centennial Plaza Project, which aims to revitalize the Scripps campus.
California State University, Los Angeles has received a $100,000 grant to expand connections between the university’s department of women’s, gender, and sexuality studies and the College of Ethnic Studies. The grant will support faculty in developing dual-bachelor’s degree pathways for students to pursue double-majors in women’s, gender, and sexuality studies, and an Ethnic studies discipline, such as Asian and Asian American studies, Chicana(o) and Latina(o) studies, or Pan African studies.