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==Philanthropy== In May 2004, Zuckerman pledged $10 million to Harvard University to fund a fellowship for students who are pursuing or have earned professional degree in law, business or medicine but are interested in a degree at Harvard’s [[Harvard Graduate School of Education]], [[Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health]], or the [[Harvard Kennedy School]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Magazine Owner Gives $10M For Aid {{!}} News {{!}} The Harvard Crimson |url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2004/5/3/magazine-owner-gives-10m-for-aid/ |access-date=January 26, 2023 |website=www.thecrimson.com}}</ref> The Zuckerman Fellowship funds a scholarship for full tuition, fees, and health insurance plus an annual stipend for one academic year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Zuckerman Fellowship |url=https://cpl.hks.harvard.edu/zuckerman-fellowship |access-date=January 26, 2023 |website=cpl.hks.harvard.edu |language=en}}</ref> In May 2006, Zuckerman pledged $100 million from his charitable trust towards Memorial Sloan Kettering's new cancer research facility. His donation was the largest single commitment by an individual in Memorial Sloan Kettering's history.<ref>{{cite press release |title=MSKCC Receives Record Gift of $100 Million from Mortimer B. Zuckerman for Cancer Research Facility |url=https://www.mskcc.org/press-releases/mskcc-receives-record-gift-100-million-mortimer-b-zuckerman-research-facility |access-date=October 15, 2019 |publisher=[[Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center]] |date=May 10, 2006}}</ref> In December 2012, Zuckerman pledged $200 million to endow the Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute at [[Columbia University]].<ref>{{cite press release |title=With $200 Million Gift, Mortimer B. Zuckerman Endows Mind Brain Behavior Institute at Columbia |url=http://news.columbia.edu/content/200-million-gift-mortimer-b-zuckerman-endows-mind-brain-behavior-institute-columbia |access-date=December 12, 2015 |publisher=[[Columbia University]] |date=December 17, 2012}}</ref>
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