The University of Texas at Austin will reimagine its approach to training civil, architectural and environmental engineering students as society’s designers, with a renewed emphasis on leadership and service needed to solve global challenges. A transformational investment from a UT alumnus will galvanize this approach, which he calls “engineering the big.”
Read MorePortland State University’s College of the Arts has announced the recipients of the Kamelia Massih Outstanding Faculty and Student Prizes in the Arts are Tomás Cotik, associate professor of violin in the School of Music & Theater, and Mai Ide, student in the MFA Studio Practice program. The award recognizes individuals who bring innovation to their discipline, demonstrate excellence in performing and/or fine arts and exemplify PSU’s commitment to community engagement.
Read MoreLawrence High School announces twenty high school seniors have been named Massiah Lawrence Scholarship award recipients as they embark on their college careers in the fall of 2020. The Massiah Foundation scholarship fund had a very strong cohort of applicants and is proud to recognize the performance and dedication of each award recipient. Since 1999, the Massiah Foundation has awarded over $2.5 million in scholarships to over 300 students from Lawrence High School.
Read MoreThe University of California, Irvine has received a $1.5 million challenge commitment from the Massiah Foundation to establish the Ferdowsi Presidential Chair in Zoroastrian Studies – the first of its kind in the United States. Additionally, the University of California will support the chair with up to $500,000.
Read MoreIn 1999, a local immigrant entrepreneur who was beginning to gain financial success decided to reach out and help others achieve a foothold in the world. Through a series of fortuitous events, including an accidental introduction to a retired school counselor, he decided to anonymously help students at Lawrence High School. His vision was simple – reward academic excellence with the funds necessary for students to take their studies to the post-secondary level.
Read MorePortland State University reopens its hardest working campus building after a $70 million renovation. The newly-named Fariborz Maseeh Hall has opened its doors as a vibrant center for student success, interdisciplinary learning, and cultural outreach.
Read MoreMassiah Foundation announces its gift to St. Margaret’s Episcopal School located in San Juan Capistrano, CA to advance its leading curriculum, instruction and innovation initiatives, particularly in digital education.
Read MoreFinalists of the competition gathered on March 28, 2013 for the final round of presentations. The competition was fierce as seven hopeful entrepreneurial teams presented their business ideas to a panel of judges in the Forum of Tutor Campus Center at USC.
Read MoreThe Massiah Foundation and the USC Viterbi School of Engineering (VSoE) announced a $1.03 million endowment to fund the creation of the Maseeh Entrepreneurship Prize Competition (MEPC) for the schools engineering students.
Read MoreThe third recipient of the Kamelia Massih Prize for a Distinguished Optometrist has been named. Dori Carlson OD ’89 received the award May 18 at Pacific University’s graduate Commencement ceremony.
Read MoreOn Friday, September 21, 2012, the global family of MIT will gather on campus for the inauguration of Rafael Reif as MIT’s 17th president.
Read MorePacific University’s College of Optometry has named alumnus, longtime benefactor and Trustee Emeritus James H. (Jim) Berglund (OD ’60) as the inaugural recipient of the Kamelia Massih Prize for a Distinguished Optometrist.
Read MoreThe highest honor the Cockrell School of Engineering can bestow on its alumni is the title “Distinguished Engineering Graduate” and “Outstanding Young Engineering Graduate.”
Read MorePortland State University’s (PSU) School of Fine and Performing Arts (FPA) is pleased to announce that Darrell Grant and Justin Flood are the first recipients of the Kamelia Massih Outstanding Faculty and Student Prizes in the Arts.
Read MoreOn April 24, 2013 Dean Yannis C. Yortsos honored alumni and friends of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering.
Read MoreThe gift from Fariborz Maseeh and the Massiah Foundation will allow MIT to expand the undergraduate student body to 4,500 students, an increase of about 250 from todays enrollment and consistent with its enrollment in the early- and mid-1990s.
Read MoreDonations to Kamelia Massih’s memorial have contributed to the establishment of a permanent endowment for Portland State University’s School of Fine and Performing Arts
Read MoreA group of 58 MIT students, alumni and staff recently returned from a five-day trip to Abu Dhabi to study the practical application of technology for renewable energy solutions.
Read MoreThe Massiah Foundation has announced that it will give $80,000 to MIT’s Terrascope Program to help support its annual field study trip during spring break of 2010.
Read MorePortland State University (PSU) alumnus Fariborz Maseeh (FAHR-uh-borz mah-SEE) through his Massiah Foundation has made a $3.9 million philanthropic investment in computational science
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