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PHILANTHROPIC IM PA CT EASTMAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC • Contributions and unrestricted scholarship funds helped Eastman to not only attract the best and brightest students, but also ofer them a world-class education. • Te Eastman String Quartet, a student ensemble, performed at President Barack Obama’s inauguration luncheon. $ Eastman Virtuosi to release an all-Stravinsky album • Te Eastman Wind Ensemble teamed up with on Avie Records. $2,247,837 • Alarm Will Sound, the contemporary New York City- Pledged based ensemble with Eastman roots, presented 1969, an original concert using music, images, text, and staging, to reveal connections among the music, politics, and culture of a turbulent decade. HAJIM SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING & APPLIED SCIENCES • Support fueled research that is creating powerful new techniques for collecting and analyzing huge data sets that have potential to help prevent global epidemics or accurately predict the marketability of a product. • A new master’s program was created at the Center for Medical Technology and Innovation. Engineering $ clinical settings to gain a better understanding of how to students spend time in operating rooms and other design devices that will meet the needs of patients and $2,075,152 those who treat them. Pledged • Since 2007, Annual Fund support helped increase engineering students’ participation in study abroad experiences from 4 percent to 18 percent.