Alums Commit $5M to UA's Cancer Engineering Initiative

Michael and Sheri Hummel, both from University of Arizona's Class of 1982, have committed $5 million to benefit the Cancer Engineering Initiative, a program being jointly implemented at the College of Engineering and the University of Arizona Cancer Center. Mike, the College of Engineering 2022 Alumnus of the Year, and Sheri share their goals for helping people mitigate cancer right now and for changing the way the disease is fought far into the future.

"We’re also interested in helping to make fundamental changes in how cancer is detected, treated and understood. When we talked to Dean David Hahn about cancer engineering, we became excited to participate in a way that we hope really can make a lasting and long-term difference," Mike said. "My background is in electrical engineering, so it's far from that. But engineering is really about solving problems. To apply an engineering approach to solving this kind of problem is both exciting and consistent with the way I approach issues."

"We've had a lot of family and friends deal with cancer. It's been a part of my life since childhood. If we can do something to help in the future, we want to," Sheri said.