“By funding this university professorship, Kinder Foundation is investing in the many essential ways that landscape design education can create measurable social benefit,” said Dean Malo A. Hutson. “I am incredibly grateful for their generous gift and commitment to design for the public good.”

“Through the projects we support, we have seen how deep expertise in landscape design can strengthen an initiative and extend its benefits beyond the physical site,” said Nancy Kinder, president and CEO, Kinder Foundation. “The University of Virginia’s strong focus on educating future leaders in the field makes it a natural partner for this investment, which reflects our belief in education as a catalyst for meaningful, community-wide impact.”

The University of Virginia’s Department of Landscape Architecture offers a professional graduate degree in landscape architecture and a minor which is open to undergraduate students in any major across Grounds.