Stories

Clark Atlanta University students push for more diverse bone marrow donors

Mar 2024 MEDIA COVERAGE

A group of students at Clark Atlanta University are working to overcome a racial disparity in the number of bone marrow and stem cell transplant donors by getting their fellow students to become donors.

AEPI BROTHERS GET 18,000+ SWABS FOR GIFT OF LIFE SINCE LAUNCH OF PARTNERSHIP

Feb 2024 MEDIA COVERAGE

"We are thrilled to share the meaningful milestone of 18,000 donors who have joined the registry at drives held by AEPi," said Jay Feinberg, Chief Executive Officer of Gift of Life and AEPi Brother

Acts of kindness illuminate Rice’s Mitzvah Marathon

Feb 2024 MEDIA COVERAGE

Every Valentine’s Day, Shrusti Modi commits herself to spreading kindness by showering friends with gifts. This year on Feb. 14, the Rice University freshman was walking across the central quad on her way to class when serendipitously, she stumbled upon the Mitzvah Marathon tent.

AEPI BROTHERS GET 18,000+ SWABS FOR GIFT OF LIFE SINCE LAUNCH OF PARTNERSHIP

Feb 2024 MEDIA COVERAGE

In 2004, Alpha Epsilon Pi International Fraternity (AEPi), the world’s largest and leading Jewish college fraternity, launched a partnership with Gift of Life Marrow Registry to raise awareness among college students about the life-saving potential of bone marrow transplants. The program has now resulted in more than 18,000 swabs, 750 matches and nearly 90 transplants.

UAlbany Gift of Life Looks to Build on Record Swab Drive Week

Feb 2024 MEDIA COVERAGE

While the men’s basketball team won big on the court Thursday night, student ambassadors of the University at Albany’s Gift of Life chapter were celebrating a victory of their own — a full-court press against blood cancer at their "Will You Marrow Me?" swab event inside the Broadview Center.

Gift of Life hopes to save lives

Feb 2024 MEDIA COVERAGE

Creighton University’s sect of [club for] Gift of Life, an organization that matches potential bone marrow and stem cell donors with those in need of a transplant, has found two donors on the university’s Omaha campus.