Completing the cycle
It was thanks to a scholarship that Charis Kozel (BSc Hons 2011) was able to come here to pursue a career in Medicine. She describes what St Andrews gave her,…
Category: Donor Stories
A series of unbelievable coincidences
We were sad to hear of the death of Dr Frank Steven, (BSc Hons 1955, PhD 1958) in December. Here his daughter Barbara Kirby (PhD 1987) describes how a series…
‘Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime’: one alumna’s contribution to global health
Professor Sonia Buist (née Chapman) (MB ChB 1964) is one of the world’s leading experts in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Born in India and educated in Scotland, the US…
Medicine without borders: from global adventures to giving back
Alison Payne (BSc 1982) followed in her father’s footsteps to study medicine at St Andrews. Here she shares his story and describes her own medical career, what it’s like to…
Leaving a legacy: Silvia Fuhrman
Dr Murray Fuhrman was one of a group of Jewish Americans who were given a warm welcome by the University’s School of Medicine in the 1920s and 1930s when they…
Leaving a legacy: Alexandra Walmsley
Alexandra Walmsley graduated with a degree in Modern History and International Relations from the University of St Andrews in 1993 and went on to complete a PhD in Modern History…
Why I give back…
It’s a source of great pride to us that our alumni give so generously to our scholarship programmes. With your support we can widen access, nurture talent and maximise potential…
One million dollar donation to Scottish Oceans Institute and PhD Scholarship
We are delighted to announce that Frank and Beverley MacInnis, parents of Rob MacInnis (PhD 2010), have recently donated $850,000 to support the Scottish Oceans Institute (SOI) and $150,000 to…