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Faculty support in the form of endowed chairs, faculty excellence, and research programming is necessary in order to keep pace with our peer design schools. We must increase the number of existing endowed chairs and support for emerging talent to serve as visiting professors, and provide funding for research. Thus, CED seeks $5.7 million to help retain our top-caliber faculty and to recruit new talent to our ranks. Current Endowments Arcus Endowment The Hewlett Challenge The Hewlett Foundation has made a landmark $113 million gift that includes a $110 million challenge grant to endow 100 new faculty chairs, as well as funding to enhance the investment of those funds at UC Berkeley. The Hewlett Challenge will match other private donations dollar-for-dollar, resulting in $220 million in new endowment that will be used to reinforce the distinction and quality of Berkeley’s world-class faculty and graduate students. We are grateful to the Hewlett Foundation for this enormous investment in teaching and research in the public domain. This gift is an extraordinary vote of confidence in the contributions that UC Berkeley and all public universities make to society. Retaining excellent faculty is key to the success of a university. You can help retain faculty at CED by contributing to the Hewlett Challenge. The Hewlett Foundation has established $110 million in matching funds to endow faculty chairs. CED qualifies to receive two endowed chair and the chairs will be named for the donors who endow them. |
