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Revisit highlights from the first Momentum campaign in the 2008 wrap-up report, Our Moment to Shine.
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Latest News
- March 15: Wolfson Foundation Gifts Inspire and Challenge Medical Students
- February 19: Generous Gift Establishes Melanoma Division in Department of Dermatology
- February 5: Watkins Distinguished Chair Established at The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis
- January: UM Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies Receives $1 Million Gift
- January 8: Essman Foundation Pledges Support to Sylvester
- December 12: Sylvester’s 20th Anniversary Gala Raises Record $1.3 Million
Fall 2012
- November 27: Bascom Palmer Receives $10 Million Gift
- November 16: Destination Fashion Raises $31M for The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis
- November 13: UM Receives Charity Navigator Four-Star Rating
- November 6: Grant Will Expand Cuban Theater Digital Archive
- November 6: ALS Research and Patient Care at Miller School Get $1 Million Boost Gift expands upon existing programs and creates additional resources.
- November 5: Dolphins Cycling Challenge raises more than $2 million for cancer research
- November 2: Generous Gift Will Dramatically Expand Resources of Toppel Career Center
- October 29: Miami Law scholarship established in memory of distinguished alumnus and renowned 'clear thinker' Richard Lapidus, J.D. '61
- October 26: University of Miami’s Momentum2 Campaign Hits Billion-Dollar Mark
- October 24, 2012: Campus Radio Station WVUM Now Reaching More Listeners, Thanks to Upgrades Made Possible by Campaign Donations
- October 19: Star-studded Destination Fashion event on November 10 at Bal Harbour Shops will raise funds for the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis
- October 1: UM Trustee's "Chaplin Challenge" Will Match School of Law Contributions
- September 27: Great Sports Legends Dinner Raises Nearly $18 Million to Cure Paralysis
Summer 2012
- August 2: New Funding Enhances Frost School’s Henry Mancini Institute
- June 28: Miami Law Adjuncts Fund Scholarships
- June 27: Grant Fast-Tracks New Nurses into the Field
- June 25: Arsht Research on Ethics and Community Grants Awarded
- June 22: Accelerated BSN Program Gets a Boost
- June 18: Leading South Florida Trial Attorney Endows Scholarship at Miami Law
- June 8: Marine Technology and Life Sciences Seawater Complex Breaks Ground
May 2012
- May 23: Beaux Arts Gift Provides Boost for the Lowe
- May 23: Sylvester Opens Unique Pediatric Oncology Clinic
- May 21: Annual Tropical Nights Fundraising raises $300,000
- May 15: An Inspiring Heritage
- May 15: UM Libraries’ Digital Preservation Project Brings Miami's Cuban Theater History to Light
- May 3: UM's Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute Awarded $10 Million Grant from Starr Foundation
- May 1: Pap Corps Makes $3.2 Million Gift to Cancer Research at Sylvester
April 2012
- April 22: Sue Miller, whose family made $100 million naming gift to the University's Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, receives national United Way award for philanthropic leadership
- April 20: Judge A. Jay Cristol’s Gift Supports Bankruptcy Clinic
March 2012
February 2012
- February 17: "Encore, Encore: UM Kicks off $1.6B Campaign" (Miami Herald coverage of campaign launch)
- February 16: UM Launches Momentum2: The Breakthrough Campaign for the University of Miami
- February 16: Diabetes Research Institute Foundation Takes Lead Role in University of Miami Momentum2 Campaign
- February 9: Grant to Support Purchase of Helicopter
January 2012
- January 31, 2012 : UM College of Engineering receives $1 Million Gift to Fund Scholarships for African-American Students
- January 09, 2012 : New Playground Brings Joy to Linda Ray Kids
- January 09, 2012: Beaux Arts Gives $1.7 Million to Lowe Art Museum
2008 - 2011
- December 22, 2011: UM Acquires Orange Bowl Collection
- December 12, 2011: UM Holds Groundbreaking for Schwartz Center for Athletic Excellence
- December 11, 2011: Hybrid Catheterization Lab Brings Next-Generation Technology to University of Miami Hospital
- December 01, 2011: UM Projects Get Funding from Citizens Board
- November 08, 2011: Friends Give “Artfully” to UM Lowe Art Museum
- November 07, 2011: Leadership for Fundraising Campaign Announced
- October 26, 2011: A New Center for Student Life
- October 18, 2011: Adrienne Arsht Gives $500,000 to Bascom Palmer
- September 01, 2011: UM Athletics Receives $4.2 Million Gift
- August 30, 2011: Pediatric Mobile Clinic Receives Gift from Himan Brown Trust
- August 11, 2011: Fanjul Family Donates $1 million to Bascom Palmer
- May 12, 2011: The Pap Corps Raises Near Record Amount for Sylvester
- April 08, 2011: Philanthropist Christine E. Lynn Donates $10 Million to The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis
- April 06, 2011: UM Receives $20M to Build New Student Center
- January 25, 2011: Groundbreaking Held for Children's Cancer Clinic
- December 08, 2010: Family Medicine Program Receives $1 Million Gift and Matching Gift Pledge
- November 29, 2010: Frost School Community Outreach Program Receives $1M in Funding
- November 19, 2010: Athletics Receives $5M Lead Gift for Schwartz Center for Athletic Excellence
- April 22, 2010: Barton G’s Foundation Announces $5M Gift for UM Ear Institute
- February 18, 2010: School of Communication Receives Significant Film Collection
- August 27, 2009: Miami Institute for Human Genomics Receives $20 Million Gift to Support Research
- October 16, 2008: Adrienne Arsht Gives Five Million Dollar Gift to University of Miami
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