Philanthropy is vital to the future of Cambridge: it underpins our ambition by allowing us the space to innovate, free from the constraints of political and economic change.
- The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz
The campaign for the University and Colleges of Cambridge will focus on the University’s impact on the world. Cambridge will be working with philanthropists to address major global problems.
Through it, major investment has been secured in a programme of research into the causes of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease led by Professor Chris Dobson, Master of St John’s College.
It will feed into the dynamic environment of the Cambridge technology cluster, helping to drive innovation and entrepreneurship. James Dyson is giving to the campaign in support of the next generation of engineers who will lead this effort.
Recent gifts have included a major gift to economics research and teaching from Bill and Weslie Janeway, one from the ALBORADA Trust to support the development of African research capacity in areas such as infectious disease and governance and human rights, and a gift by Dennis and Mireille Gillings to support global public health leadership in partnership with Institut Pasteur.
Five thousand donors have already given to the campaign, many of whom are Cambridge alumni, motivated to give back to their college in recognition of the education they received as students.
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Reproduced courtesy of the University of Cambridge
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