NEW YORK, June 10 (GenomeWeb News) - David Rockefeller, honorary chairman and life trustee of the University's Board of Trustees, has pledged $100 million to the University, the largest gift in its history, the school said today.
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The gift will enable the university to expand its research "in areas such as genomics," as well as stem-cell research, aging, neurology, according to Russell Carson, chairman of the university's Board of Trustees.
The school will use $30 million of the gift to help support its newly named David Rockefeller Graduate Program. Additionally, $70 million of the gift will go to help the school restore some of its lab buildings and to support research on the North side of the University's campus.