I agree that giving away money is good. But don't forget, they didn't give money, they gave XRP tokens which they created from thin air. Anybody can do that, and if you think about it, this is almost similar to dumping. This is tokens NOT yet in circulation, if they give it and the unis all sell to get cash which they will need for their research (unless researchers don't mind getting paid in XRP), the market for Ripple will slump. Already fell 10% actually after this news.
I've seen this article but it's not something that can increase its value, ripple max $4 like last year.