A total of more than $1 billion will go to institutions including the Cleveland Clinic, Duke University, and branches of the University of California.

The Jeffrey Epstein scandal has focused attention on funding of higher education institutions by patrons with disgraceful behavior.

The weather outside is frightful, but these sciency gifts are delightful.

An investigation by Science reveals that charities’ investments support activities opposed to their own missions, such as human health and environmental protection.

With the largest private gift to a public college, the new facility aims to infuse the local economy with fresh opportunities, but returns on the investment are anything but guaranteed.

‘Tis the season to be sciency.

Private funders are starting to support big projects, and they’re rewriting the playbook on fueling scientific research.

The donation to the University of California, Irvine, is slated to fund a new college focusing on what some critics call pseudoscience and quackery.

Steve Braun of Cures Within Reach, a nonprofit focused on breathing new life into old medicines, describes the potential benefits of drug repurposing.