Alphawood Foundation Chicago has made a $2 million gift to the Illinois Institute of Technology (Illinois Tech) to establish an accredited arboretum on the university’s historic Mies Campus. The campus is currently home to nearly 2,000 trees consisting of 68 different species. Alphawood’s gift will allow Illinois Tech to increase the number of different species to 100, and to bring educational and research opportunities into a formal arboretum program. The program will provide a platform for studying climate change among urban tree canopies as Illinois Tech will have the opportunity to test species native to more southern locations in Chicago’s environment.

Alphawood Foundation Chicago announced this week a gift to SOAS University of London of over $2.2 million to support the SOAS-Alphawood Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art program, with a focus on expanding opportunities for students from Southeast Asia.

Alphawood Foundation Chicago is excited to announce our newest Program Officer, Kamila Muhammad.