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With a $1.5 million gift to UArizona and a plan to give an additional $1 million, the couple will establish the Gregory H. and Lisa S. Boyce Endowed Department Leadership Chair in Mining and Geological Engineering.

The Tucson Foundations are the embodiment of collective giving. Directed by the Lohse family, the 11 private foundations that make up the Tucson Foundations are committed to supporting the communities of Southern Arizona.

With a $1.5 million gift to UArizona, and a plan to give an additional $1 million, the couple will establish the Gregory H. And Lisa S. Boyce Endowed Department Leadership Chair in Mining and Geological Engineering.

A $2.5 million charitable grant to the University of Arizona from Roshan Cultural Heritage Institute will advance scholarship in Persian and Iranian studies and support an endowed professorship and graduate student fellowships.

Arizona Football letter winner and longtime University of Arizona supporter Douglas Allred has given gifts totaling $4.8 million to Arizona Athletics. The funds will support program enhancements for the football and men's basketball programs as well as the Lute Olson Endowment for Excellence in Men's Basketball.

Patricia and Bruce Bartlett are the most generous donors to the University of Arizona’s Strategic Alternative Learning Techniques Center and longtime university supporters. Their gift will support over 700 students who utilize the SALT center's services.

The University of Arizona and UArizona Health Sciences announced Wednesday the completion of a $23 million fundraising effort to build a new home for the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine, part of the College of Medicine – Tucson.

Quidel Corporation, a leading provider of rapid diagnostic testing solutions, cellular-based virology assays and molecular diagnostic systems, has committed to give $1 million for scholarships that support tomorrow’s scientists and health professionals.

R. Ken Coit ’67 is determined to see the College of Pharmacy at the University of Arizona take its place within the ranks of the nation’s top three programs. Recruiting and supporting top students through scholarships is one of the many ways to achieve a goal Coit classifies as “one step under audaciousness.”