Renaissance Technologies founder Jim Simons and his wife Marilyn are giving $500 million to Stony Brook University, where he taught before leaving to start his wildly profitable hedge fund. The gift, ...
When Stony Brook University was brand new in the 1960s, James Simons, who headed its math department, undoubtedly got his shoes dirty walking across a campus known for becoming a mudfest every time it ...
It’s been a little more than a year since Stony Brook University received $500 million from the Simons Foundation, a pledge school officials said was the nation’s largest-ever unrestricted endowment ...
The Simons Foundation announced a $500 million endowment gift to Stony Brook University. The foundation, which aims to advance research in mathematics and the basic sciences, announced the gift from ...