U. of Calgary to Get $100-Million Gift, Largest in Its History

By Andy Thomason. The University of Calgary will receive a $100-million donation, the largest in its history and one of the largest ever made to a Canadian higher-education institution, to spur medical research, The Globe and Mail reports. The donor, an alumnus and investor named Geoffrey Cumming, has pledged $100-million to establish a medical-research fund, and the province of Alberta will match his donation, dollar for dollar, to make an overall windfall for the university of $200-million, or about $184-million in U.S. dollars. More...