The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/philanthropy/)
MEDLIFE is an organization dedicated to providing equitable healthcare globally. The organization aims to address the gaps in healthcare infrastructure by partnering with local doctors, setting up mobile clinics and empowering students through fundraising and service learning trips.
Winnie Ho ’19 has been named the recipient of the Campus-Community Leadership Award for her voice and activism in a wide spread of local issues, including mental health, the opioid epidemic and Ithaca’s homelessness crisis.
Class Councils are putting on a Valentine’s Day gala, with the proceeds going towards Planned Parenthood.
The University collected over $743 million in donations in 2017, compared to $1.28 billion from Harvard, according to The Chronicle of Philanthropy.
Feeney’s generosity, combined with his desire to avoid recognition, led The Irish Times to bill him “the anti-Trump” and Forbes Magazine to call him “the James Bond of philanthropy.”