University of Pennsylvania was recently the recipient of an $8 million gift, which stands as the university’s largest this year, writes Ryan Mulligan for the Philadelphia Business Journal.
The donation came from the Robert K. Johnson Foundation and will fund the Integrated Studies Program at Penn’s College of Arts and Sciences.
The program, which was launched in 2011, is a first-year residential academic program in which the cohort lives together in the Hill College House residence hall. Each year, about 80 students participate in the program.
With the new gift, professional and service learning opportunities will for afforded for students. In addition, a speaker series will launch.
The Las Vegas-based Robert K. Johnson Foundation is named after late Navy veteran and experienced securities industry and investment form worker, Robert K. Johnson.
While Johnson never had any direct ties to Penn, his foundation has donated monetary gifts to various arts and science programs and institutions over the years.
This new funding comes within the midst of President Donald Trump administration’s order to freeze Penn’s finding due to its allowance of transgender swimmer Lia Thomas to complete in NCAA events.
Read more about the University of Pennsylvania’s generous new gift and how it will be utilized in the Philadelphia Business Journal.
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