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$12 Million Gift from Real Estate Investor Ed Dowd Advances the Role of Arts in Education at Santa Clara University
Ed Dowd, a veteran real-estate investor, financier, and CEO who has learned the healing qualities of art, has donated $12 million to Santa Clara University to help build a grand, three-story art and art history facility on campus by 2016.
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Tickets to be Released for Dalai Lama’s Santa Clara University Visit
Tickets for the Dalai Lama’s first visit to Santa Clara University will be released for public sale Tuesday, Jan. 28 at 9 a.m. The event entitled “Business, Ethics, and Compassion: A Public Dialogue” will take place at the Leavey Event Center Feb. 24 at 10 a.m. and is sponsored by the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at SCU and Stanford University’s Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education.
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Where the Rebound Ends: New Report to Show Continued Growth in “Meal Gap” in Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties Despite Improving Economy
Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties and Santa Clara University will release new data Friday that shows the “meal gap” in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties grew by 4 percent in the past year.
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His Holiness the Dalai Lama to speak at Santa Clara University
His Holiness the Dalai Lama will visit Santa Clara University Feb. 24 for a day of discussion entitled “Compassion, Business, and Ethics: A Dialogue with the Dalai Lama.” The event is co-sponsored by the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University and Stanford’s Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education.
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Sixteen Global Social Entrepreneurs Selected for Santa Clara University’s Pioneering GSBI® Accelerator
Sixteen social entrepreneurs and their organizations have been chosen for the 12th annual Global Social Benefit Institute (GSBI®) Accelerator program at Santa Clara University.
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Intel Economist, former Fed and White House Economist, Joins Business School Leadership
Carolyn Evans, a senior economist at Intel Corp., has been named senior assistant dean for graduate business programs in the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University, beginning January 27.
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Santa Clara University hosts A Conversation with 49ers CEO Jed York
Celebrating another successful season, 49ers CEO Jed York will discuss the future of his team and their move south in Santa Clara University’s President’s Speaker Series on Jan 15. The event begins 7:30 pm at SCU’s Mayer Theatre and will explore the important relationship between sports franchises and their neighbors.
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SCU Professors Available to Discuss GMOs
Two professors from SCU can discuss the science and hype about the food and crops altered by genetically modified organisms (GMOs).