A number of other donors contributed a combined $590 million, giving the school a beginning endowment of $1.69 billion.John and Ann DoerrEdward Caldwell/Stanford UniversityThe $1.1 billion present is the biggest amount ever given to found a single school, and the second biggest present ever awarded to a scholastic institution, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education, which tracks humanitarian contributions in academic community.” To start, roughly 90 Stanford professors– including all of those presently in the Stanford School of Earth, Energy, and Environmental Sciences– will move from existing departments to the new school, according to the press release, with an objective of employing an extra 60 faculty over the next decade. Jason Bordoff, a cofounding dean of the Columbia Climate School, tells the Post that when his school was created in 2020, “the vision for success was that years from now there would be numerous schools focused on environment modification, and we d look back and wonder how we ever believed we might deal with an issue of this complexity without universities making the greatest dedication they can to climate action through whole schools focused on the issue … We require all hands on deck right now in climate philanthropy and climate scholarship, and John Doerrs historic gift is an amazing commitment to that work.”
The venture capitalist John Doerr and his other half Ann have donated more than a billion dollars to money a new school at Stanford University, the university announced the other day (May 4). A number of other donors contributed a combined $590 million, providing the school a starting endowment of $1.69 billion.John and Ann DoerrEdward Caldwell/Stanford UniversityThe $1.1 billion present is the largest amount ever given to discovered a single school, and the 2nd biggest gift ever awarded to a scholastic organization, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education, which tracks humanitarian donations in academia.” To start, approximately 90 Stanford faculty– including all of those currently in the Stanford School of Earth, Energy, and Environmental Sciences– will move from existing departments to the new school, according to the press release, with a goal of employing an additional 60 faculty over the next years.” These gifts will help Stanford bring its full effort to bear on solving the most intricate problems in climate and sustainability, and on training the next generation of trainees who are eager and driven to attend to these challenges,” Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavigne says in the press release.Stanford University mechanical engineer Arun Majumdar has actually been called as the inaugural dean of the school. Jason Bordoff, a cofounding dean of the Columbia Climate School, tells the Post that when his school was produced in 2020, “the vision for success was that years from now there would be many schools focused on climate change, and we d look back and wonder how we ever thought we might take on an issue of this intricacy without universities making the greatest commitment they can to environment action through whole schools focused on the problem … We need all hands on deck right now in climate philanthropy and environment scholarship, and John Doerrs historical present is an amazing commitment to that work.”
