Updates on Billion-Dollar Campaigns at 25 Universities

By JASON M. BRESLOW

The 25 American universities that are seeking to raise at least $1-billion collected a total of $311.8-million in gifts and pledges during the last month for which they had data available.

The campaigns with the largest gains in the last month were those at the University of Washington, with $26.7-million, and the Johns Hopkins University,...