UAB Raises $1 Billion From More Than 103,000 Donors
By Tyler Greer
The future of the University of Alabama at Birmingham is, officially, 1 billion times brighter.
Ten years after it kicked off a silent, $1 billion fundraising effort and five years after publicly announcing The Campaign for UAB: Give Something, Change Everything – UAB can celebrate accomplishing the ambitious fundraising goal. The university surpassed $1 billion in November, reaching its stated goal of achieving the milestone by the end of 2018.
The overwhelming support for the campaign resulted in substantial funding for each of the campaign’s priorities – programmatic support, facilities, faculty, research and innovation, athletics and student support – adding up to $1,002,957,673 to date.
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