The gift will be matched by UVA’s Bicentennial Professors Fund, for a total investment of $20 million in the two inaugural University Professorships.

The University has long benefited from private foundation support. Today, these organizations continue to make important work at UVA possible.

Recent gifts from a prominent alumni couple will position the University to attract and retain outstanding faculty at Darden, Law and College and Arts &Sciences.

Imagine what democracy in the 21st century might look like.

The University of Virginia will invest an additional $50 million into the Bicentennial Professors Fund, which uses University matching funds to multiply the impact of philanthropic support for endowed professorships.

The University of Virginia’s newly established School of Data Science has received a $3 million gift from Scott and Beth Stephenson to support the establishment of the Stephenson Dean of the School of Data Science.