Saturday, October 16, 2010Cogent's Ming Hsieh Gives Another $50M To USCThe University of Southern California announced Friday, in conjunction with the inauguration of new president C. L. Max Nikias, that Ming Hsieh, the founder of Monrovia-based COgent, has donated $50M to endow a new instute focused on nano-medicine for cancer. USC said it would create the Ming Hsieh Institute for Research on Engineering-Medicine for Cancer as a result of the gift. Hsieh has donated over $85M to USC's endowments in the past five years. Hsieh founded Cogent, a maker of automated fi (More info...)
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