A $5 million anonymous donation was made to the University of Chicago, which will be used to end rolling furloughs at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, according to the Daily Herald.
“The fact that a family would give this gift is a great signal that people across the world do care about particle physics,” Fermilab spokesman Kurt Reisselman told the Daily Herald. “This has injected quite a bit of optimism into our laboratory.”
Layoffs of 140 employees will still take place, according to Fermilab officials.
