Turning Dollars into Impact

Larisa Connors (CAMED’98) established the Larisa E. and John M. Connors III Endowed Scholarship Fund to assist medical students interested in pursuing primary care medicine.

Alexander and Alexandra Classen (Parents CAS’26), established the Classen Family Endowed Scholarship Fund, which will provide annual awards to College of Arts & Sciences undergraduates.

Numerous donors endowed the Lucy Wheelock Fellowship Fund, which will provide tuition assistance to early childhood graduate students at Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. The fund honors Lucy Wheelock, a pioneer in early childhood development, and Dean Emeritus David Chard.

Lisa (CAS’03) and Mitchell Green’s $1 million gift created the Lisa and Mitchell Green Endowment for Humanities Faculty, which especially benefits instructors in the history of art and architecture department.

The American & New England Studies Program received an anonymous $1 million gift, which will help create a new Public Humanities Fund to support PhD students with research projects beyond campus.

Innovate@BU received a $1.5 million gift from the Enlight Foundation to support fellowships for students with local not-for-profits. The gift also funds training for students to lead their own mission-based ventures.

Albert Tapper (Questrom’64) pledged $1 million to establish the Tapper Charitable Foundation Endowment for Advancing Jewish History Fund. This gift will support the development of new courses and programs in Jewish history offered through the College of Arts & Sciences.