密苏里大学Kinder研究所获2500万美元赠款：与牛津合作扩围，硕士生可赴英学习一整年
密苏里大学11月3日宣布，Kinder 基金会（Kinder Foundation）向该校 Kinder 宪政民主研究所作出一笔2,500万美元、为期五年的赠款。密苏里大学学生在 Columbia 校区与英国牛津大学之间，将有更多在国际舞台上研习美国民主的机会。
这笔赠款将用于充实研究所的捐赠基金，使其成为密苏里大学规模最大的捐赠基金；连同此前的投入，Kinder 基金会对该研究所的累计支持已超过8,500万美元。赠款还将加强研究所的科研、扩充师资并支持研究生，是该校史上规模最大的募款行动「Power the Roar」（目标20亿美元）的一部分。
赠款的一大重点是扩大与牛津大学 Rothermere 美国研究所的合作。自2028年秋季起，密苏里大学的大西洋历史与政治硕士项目将让美国与英国学生共同完成为期两年、横跨两校的学习：该项目目前包含在牛津的四周学习，扩围后学生可在密苏里大学学习一年、再赴牛津学习一整年。学生还可通过伦敦的实习获得额外学分。
密苏里大学校长 Mun Choi 表示，Rich Kinder 与 Nancy Kinder 的非凡承诺巩固了密苏里大学在宪政民主研究领域的国际领先地位，他们的远见与慷慨推进了该校的赠地大学使命。Kinder 研究所所长 Jay Sexton 说，美国宪政民主从来都是更广阔的大西洋故事的一部分，学生与教师通过与牛津的合作不仅研习这段共同历史，也在延续跨大西洋合作的传统。
Kinder 研究所于2015年在 Kinder 基金会支持下创立，已成长为研究美国政治史与立国思想制度的重要中心。基金会主席 Rich Kinder 是密苏里大学校友（1966年文学学士、1968年法学博士）。他表示，理解美国的立国原则对培养下一代领导者至关重要，很高兴支持正在推进这项工作的学生与教师。
（来源：密苏里大学）
University of Missouri's Kinder Institute Receives $25 Million Grant: Oxford Partnership Expands to a Full Year Abroad
The University of Missouri announced on November 3 that the Kinder Foundation has made a $25 million, five-year grant to the university's Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy. The commitment will give Mizzou students more opportunities to study American democracy on an international stage.
The grant will go toward the institute's endowment, making it the largest endowment held at Mizzou, and brings the foundation's total investment in the institute to more than $85 million. It will strengthen research, expand faculty expertise and support graduate students, and is part of Power the Roar, the university's historic $2 billion fundraising campaign.
A major focus is the expanded partnership with the Rothermere American Institute at the University of Oxford in England. Beginning in fall 2028, Mizzou's master's program in Atlantic history and politics will bring American and British students together for a two-year experience spanning both universities: the program, which currently includes four weeks of study at Oxford, will expand so students spend one year at Mizzou and another full year at Oxford. Students will also be able to earn additional credits through internships in London.
"The incredible commitment of Rich and Nancy Kinder reinforces Mizzou's reputation as an international leader in the study of constitutional democracy," said University of Missouri President Mun Choi. Kinder Institute Director Jay Sexton said American constitutional democracy has always been part of a wider Atlantic story, and that through the Oxford partnership students and faculty help renew the traditions of transatlantic cooperation.
Founded in 2015 with Kinder Foundation support, the Kinder Institute has grown into a leading center for the study of American political history. Rich Kinder, chairman of the foundation, earned his bachelor's degree in 1966 and law degree in 1968 from Mizzou. "We've long believed that understanding our nation's founding principles is essential to preparing future generations to lead," Kinder said. "We're pleased to support the students and faculty who are carrying that work forward."
(Source: University of Missouri)
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图片来源：图：Rich Kinder 与 Nancy Kinder（中）与密苏里大学校长 Mun Choi（右二）、Kinder 研究所所长 Jay Sexton（左一）等在宣布仪式上合影。密苏里大学官方发布图片。 / Photo: Rich and Nancy Kinder, center, with University of Missouri leaders including President Mun Choi and Kinder Institute Director Jay Sexton. Official University of Missouri image.
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