Research Story

Triple Scholarship Recipient Furthers His Love of Nature

Matt Bailey, MBA ’12 remembers how hard it was to be an artist on a student budget.

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A Final Wish to Accelerate Alzheimer’s Discoveries

“It takes a special type of person to commit to making such a large planned gift to support research, and we are forever grateful for Carla Liggett’s trust and recognition of the importance of our work.”

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Unleashing Artists’ Creativity

Matt Bailey, MBA ’12 remembers how hard it was to be an artist on a student budget.

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UC Irvine alumni Paul and Jo Butterworth pledge $35.5 million to Donald Bren School

“I was considering not going to the university unless I received financial aid, because I didn’t have any money. But when UCI came through with a package to help out, that made all the difference in the world,” says alumnus Paul Butterworth, shown here with his wife, Jo Butterworth, also a UCI graduate.

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Ensuring an Astrophysics Student’s Light Shines On

After Flores-Velázquez died in a drive-by shooting near his home in 2019, his friends and faculty in the School of Physical Sciences came together to ensure his legacy continues to illuminate a path for future students.

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Cancer Researcher’s Career and Recent Gift Create a Legacy

“I look at UCI as being a community. If you can, you need to give back to your community,” says professor emeritus Hung Fan who, with his husband Michael Feldman, made a bequest worth an estimated $1.5 million.

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Scholarship Recipient’s Quest for Sustainability

Bhumi Tandel, recipient of the Huitt-Zollars Scholarship, hopes to help improve the environment through engineering.

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Brian Fargo, inXile Founder, Gives $1 Million to Advance Research for Tinnitus Treatment

Brian Fargo will match all donations one-on-one until $2 million is raised to fund the next phases of research and, ultimately, bring a device to market.

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Philanthropy Supports Transformative Partnerships with Orange County Schools

When a world-class School of Education, local K-12 teachers, principals, students and district administrators come together, great things happen.

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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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