Last Friday, Texas billionaire and former Calgarian Boone Pickens was expected to donate $2.25 million to the Harley Hotchkiss Brain Institute. But at the ribbon-cutting for the Boone Pickens Centre for Neurological Science and Advanced Technologies, Pickens presented an additional $25 million -- the largest gift ever given to uCalgary. University president Harvey Weingarten says, “We could use a lot of surprises like this.” Globe & Mail  | uCalgary media release