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Toni Stabile’s Gift Provides New Student CenterMarch 19, 2007 New York, NY – The Graduate School of Journalism today announced the creation of a new student center in its building on Columbia’s Morningside Campus. Read more...
March 19, 2007 New York, NY – The Center was made possible by a major gift from Antoinette “Toni” Stabile and the Vincent A. Stabile Foundation, named for her late brother who earned his Master’s degree in Industrial and Management Engineering at Columbia. Toni Stabile, who did her post-graduate study at Columbia’s Journalism School, is an investigative journalist who wrote several books, including, Cosmetics: Trick or Treat?, a groundbreaking book about the cosmetics industry that uncovered dangers and negligence in consumer products which, in 1966, did not have to list or disclose ingredients. The Los Angeles Times called the book, “the most chilling expose to appear since Ralph Nader’s Unsafe at Any Speed.” Her independent 25-year investigations led to Senate hearings and mandatory ingredient listing for all grooming products from toothpaste to lipstick. The Student Center marks the second major gift to the Journalism School from Toni Stabile, who last year helped create The Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism. The new Center will fill the long acknowledged need for a space where students and faculty can relax and exchange thoughts and ideas about a large variety of topics affecting the profession. Nicholas Lemann, dean of the school, characterizes Ms. Stabile as having “the gift, rare among philanthropists, of leveraging (her) ideas into major, long-running, life-changing institutional commitments.” “It has been my pleasure to help create these new spaces at Columbia’s Journalism School,” says Stabile. “A great school deserves a great facility, and I’m happy to do what I can to help achieve this goal.” The renovation will include approximately 8,000 square feet of space. Construction is set to begin in May, just after commencement, and will involve areas of the first and second floors of the building as well as exterior space on the plaza. The journalism school has committed to raising additional funds to support the project. “The school is very grateful for Toni’s generosity,” said Lemann. “Her gift will help create a vitally needed new space where we can push the discussion of ideas forward into the heart of the 21st Century.” About the Graduate School of Journalism
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