Annual Report

UCI Alumni and Friends Band Together During COVID-19

“This is about sharing in a time of need, whether you can give money or volunteer your time or help a neighbor with grocery shopping,” says Carol Choi ’85. “If everybody pitches in, we’ll all be better for it.”​

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Foundation-Funded Programs Foster Racial Healing

With the support of foundations and donors, the UCI School of Social Sciences’ Deconstructing Diversity Initiative gives students a deeper understanding of racial issues in the U.S.

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A Family’s Experience Inspires Support for Stem Cell Science

After Damon Mills injured his spine, his family researched the best available treatments and hope for his condition.

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Fellowship Helps UCI Student Focus on Research

“The final year of your Ph.D. program can be really intense… This fellowship allowed me to focus on my research.”

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Renowned UCI Chemist Supports Armenian Studies

“Being the products of graduate studies, we know what it takes and what it means,” Ara Apkarian says. “It is very difficult to carry out graduate studies without financial support.”

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Planned Estate Gift Honors Father’s Legacy

“We can’t thank Lisa enough for her gift. Her contribution will go a long way toward not only preserving her father’s legacy, but also keeping mentoring excellence as one of UCI’s top priorities for graduate education.”

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Engineering Their Legacy

Throughout their lives, Bob Altman and Michelle Sandler made annual gifts to a variety of causes, including Bob’s alma mater.

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Shining a Light on Future Artists

Sheila Peterson, left, supports UC Irvine graduate student Tomoko Ozawa through the Medici Circle program. Named after the Medici family of Florence who supported Renaissance artists such as Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, the program allows community benefactors to support UC Irvine’s budding artists.

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UCI’s Crowdfunding Platform Powers Passion Projects

Students from the UCI School of Medicine have traveled across the globe to provide much-needed medical education to the people of Kenya, Panama, Indonesia, Tanzania and more.

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