UCSF’s Neuroscience Program Gets $185M Donation
Former Wall Street financier Sanford Weill and his wife, Joan, pledge the gift to help fund the Weill Institute for Neurosciences at the University of California, San Francisco, and construct a new facility.
STAT:
Wall Street Billionaire Bankrolls A New Center For Brain Science
Former banker Sanford Weill transformed the Weill Cornell Medical College in New York with more than half-a-billion in donations in recent years. Now he is pivoting to the West Coast, pledging $185 million to create a neuroscience institute at the University of California, San Francisco. (Piller, 4/26)
The San Francisco Business Times:
Huge Gift From Wall Street Legend, Wife Propels UCSF'S Neuroscience Program
A $185 million gift from legendary Wall Street financier Sanford “Sandy” Weill and his wife Joan could catapult UCSF’s neuroscience program — and a new Mission Bay building — to the head of the class. (Leuty, 4/25)
The Press Democrat:
Sandy And Joan Weill Donate $185 Million To New UCSF Neuroscience Institute
Philanthropists Sandy and Joan Weill on Monday announced a $185 million donation for a new neuroscience institute at UC San Francisco, the largest donation in the school’s history. The Sonoma County couple, whose $12 million donation in 2014 made possible the completion of the Weill Hall concert space at Sonoma State University, now are helping to establish UCSF’s Weill Institute for Neurosciences. Construction of a $316 million facility to house the institute is expected to begin next year in San Francisco at the Mission Bay campus south of AT&T Park. (Digitale, 4/25)