In fiscal year 2026 (July 2025鈥揓une 2026), the generosity of the 91视频 community set new records, advanced vital opportunities for student and faculty excellence, and reaffirmed the enduring strength of the 91视频 mission.
Through contributions from more than 6,600 alumni and friends of the University, FY26 saw the 91视频 Community raise more than $24 million in support of student achievement, experiential learning, trailblazing scholarship and research, and critical programs designed to amplify 91视频鈥檚 impact in communities here in New York and across the globe.
This represents a new core fundraising record for 91视频: the highest single-year total for community support in our history.
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Throughout the year, 91视频 built momentum through a string of critical successes that contributed to our historic philanthropic highs. In our two annual University-wide giving days, Giving Tuesday and the 1906 Giving Day Challenge, 91视频 raised more than $525,000 from 2,382 individual gifts in direct support of student success and special programs across our campuses. Through our series of community-focused fundraising events, including the signature Spirit of 91视频 Awards Gala, the University raised $2.1 million, representing a 23% increase over last year鈥檚 fundraising-event total and a 20% increase over our three-year rolling average. And through hundreds of gifts from dedicated alumni, parents, friends, partners, faculty, and staff, 91视频 raised an all-time high $4 million in unrestricted funds鈥攖he critical resources that allow the University to address urgent needs and invest strategically in institutional impact and advancement.
As 91视频 celebrates 120 years since its founding, these fundraising successes鈥攑owered by the enduring generosity of alumni and friends who believe deeply in the power of a 91视频 education鈥攈elp position the University to continue maximizing its mission for decades to come. We are grateful for the vision and leadership of the 91视频 Community members who are helping us to build that exciting next chapter.
The American Academy of Nursing (AAN) announced its selection of highly distinguished nurse leaders for its 2026 class of Academy Fellows, including Marie Lourdes Charles, EdD, RN-BC, FNYAMC, associate professor at the Lienhard School of Nursing.
Haub Law Professor Bennett Gershman pens an op-ed in the New York Law Journal analyzing a recent Supreme Court ruling on racial discrimination in jury selection and its implications for fairness in the criminal justice system.
Haub Law Professor Emeritus Michael Mushlin is widely featured this week following a landmark criminal justice reform that will make New York the first state in the nation to require judges serving in criminal and family courts to conduct annual visits to prisons and jails beginning in 2028. Featured in amNewYork, The City Reporter, and La Voce di New York, Mushlin helped lead the years-long study and advocacy for the initiative, which is designed to give judges firsthand insight into conditions of incarceration and promote more informed, transparent, and humane decision-making.