Friday, September 12, 2014
Simons Foundation Gives Stony Brook University $25 million
Billionaire philanthropists Jim and Marilyn Simons have donated $25 million to Stony Brook University, one of several large sums the pair has given to the public university in recent years.
The Simons Foundation, an organization founded and run by the couple, funds math and science research and has given millions of dollars to SBU. This most recent donation is to be used for research and programming at the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics....