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  • UIC receives $40M donation, the largest single gift in school history

    Jun 15, 2021 1:15 pm by Gretchen Yordy
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    The University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago’s only public research university, is the recipient of a $40 million donation from philanthropist and novelist MacKenzie Scott. It is the largest gift from an individual in school history.