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Plus, MacKenzie Scott gave Girls Scouts of the USA nearly $85 million, and Nvidia Corporation founder Jen-Hsun Huang and his wife, Lori, gave their alma mater $50 million for research into artificial intelligence, materials science, and robotics.
Northwestern University Trustee Kimberly K. Querrey (’22, ’23 P) and the Louis Simpson Trust have made a new $121 million gift to Northwestern to advance biomedical discovery at the Feinberg School of Medicine, reinforce the University’s position as a global research powerhouse and expand executive education at the Kellogg School of Management.
Northwestern University trustee, alumnus and benefactor Louis A. Simpson passed away on Jan. 8, 2022, following a prolonged illness. He was 85. Known across campus as a great and generous friend of Northwestern, Simpson and his wife, Kimberly Querrey, have supported the University in countless ways for the past two decades, including a $92 million gift in 2015 for biomedical research.
Scott Fearon: No, no. We're not. Korajczyk: I've heard rumors that the crowd is looking at other heavily shorted stocks. Fearon: Oh, sure they are. The poster child this morning is a company up in Milwaukee called Koss. If you believe that markets are always efficient, today is proof that they are not. There's no way GameStop is worth $347 a share. There's just no way. Korajczyk: I think you're right. The problem is, it's so risky to bet against the bubble right now. Fearon: Oh, I wouldn't! I've talked to a lot of hedge funds this morning who are just itching to short a few of these thin...