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$114,642 $1.1M
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
SCHOOL OF NURSING AND DENTISTRY
• Scholarship support provided critical financial aid • Funds for research and clinical programs
to nearly 250 students, allowing them to pursue a ultimately helped the School achieve the honor of
nursing or health care leadership education, and being one of the top medical schools in the nation,
helping to address the national shortage of nurses according to US News & World Report, ranking
and nursing faculty. 16th in clinical primary care and 34th in research.
• Annual giving donors provided critical technology • 10 George Eastman Circle scholarships helped the
needs for the School of Nursing. Nurses represent School continue to attract and successfully
the largest workforce in health care, and this compete for the nation’s top medical and graduate
support is helping to keep our programs at the students and helped keep their graduation debt far
forefront in a dynamic environment. below the national average. The School is
dedicated to training humanistic physicians who
• Nurse researchers received pilot project and seed will be future leaders in clinical medicine, research,
funding to help promote wellness, develop and and administration.
evaluate clinical treatments, and optimally manage
patients’ conditions. • Charitable giving supported more than 3,000
faculty and staff dedicated to scientific research,
studying common and rare illnesses from cancer
and heart disease to Parkinson’s and pandemic
influenza. These efforts have led to therapies that
have saved countless lives and improved human
health locally, nationally, and across the globe.
