For us, philanthropy means using our accumulated financial resources to help causes that we care about and to help people achieve goals that they might otherwise not be able to afford. We especially want...
The Tippie Young Alumni Board devotes countless hours each year to giving back to the University of Iowa — and specifically, the UI Henry B. Tippie College of Business — through mentoring, on-campus...
If you asked me before college to think about what a philanthropist is, I probably would have pictured famous and outrageously wealthy people, holding comically outsized checks — like Bill Gates or Tony...
The Hawkeye women’s basketball season has come to a close for this school year, and that brings warmer spring weather and the opportunity for our University of Iowa to celebrate Phil. As you may already...
Last fall, I attended a “Life With Phil” lecture, hosted by the University Lecture Committee and the University of Iowa Foundation, that featured Ted Waitt, the founder of Gateway 2000 Inc. and the...
Each year, thousands of University of Iowa alumni and friends give back to Iowa, and their donations help make our university remarkable.
That’s why we host our annual philanthropy events — to honor...
The energy landscape is continually evolving across the country and the world at an unprecedented rate. No longer is our energy generation dependent on one or two fuel sources; instead, the possibilities...
At the University of Iowa, the impact of philanthropy is evident all around us. While buildings may be the most visible signs of private giving, generous donations also support hundreds of programs and...
In the past year, I have been stirred by incredible performances in the new Hancher Auditorium and Voxman Music Building, amazed by beautiful art surfacing from the gifted abilities of our teachers and...
For more than a century, America’s public universities have provided a vast array of benefits for our society. These focus on educating citizens, fueling economic growth, leading new discoveries in the...
Addiction continues to lurk in the shadows of American society, destroying lives and destabilizing communities.
In this country, there is a long history of attributing addiction to personal failure...
On Wednesday, the justice systems appropriations subcommittee proposed its fiscal 2018 budget, which included a proposed nearly 26 percent decrease in funding for victim services (sexual violence, domestic...
