On April 7, the Rhode Island School of Design announced that it had received a $20 million gift from the Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation — the largest outright gift in the institution’s history — to establish new full tuition scholarships and faculty positions.
Starting in the 2027-28 school year, the Maxwell Scholarship Fund will provide eight full tuition scholarships for undergraduate students. The Maxwell Global Perspectives Faculty Fund will endow two new faculty positions, as well as one rotating visiting residency position, according to the press release.
RISD and the Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation worked together “to make the gift meaningful and in alignment with our current strategic goals,” which are focused on student access and experience, said RISD Vice President of Institutional Advancement Amanda MacMullan. “This will directly impact both students and faculty in the full community into perpetuity.”…