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Clemons Family Foundation Supports Advanced Cancer Research

“We are profoundly grateful to the Clemons family for this remarkable gift. Their commitment to advancing cancer research and vision sciences will have a lasting impact on our community and far beyond.

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Alumni David and Diana Lieu Are Building their Legacy

As part of the Mapel family’s final wishes, an endowment of over $9.5 million was established through their estate, continuing support of pioneering research projects and establishing a new endowment to fund medical education scholarships for low-income students.

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Small Fellowships Help Grad Student Make Big Waves in Beach Preservation

I’m extremely thankful for those smaller scholarships because they gave me the opportunity to pursue research that makes a difference in our community, and they directly changed my life.”

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UC Irvine Alumni Paul and Jo Butterworth Pledge $35.5 Million to Donald Bren School, Including Support for Students

“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 ’74, M.S. ’81. “This is what inspired us to pledge support for students – so they can follow their dreams despite their financial situations.”

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Planting Seeds for the Future

“I feel like UCI is not just my place of employment or my alma mater; it’s literally where I’m raising my family. And that makes you think about it differently,” says Jessica Pratt, Ph.D. ’13.

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A Community Legacy

As part of the Mapel family’s final wishes, an endowment of over $9.5 million was established through their estate, continuing support of pioneering research projects and establishing a new endowment to fund medical education scholarships for low-income students.

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Finding her Voice

Trang Truong, who’s enrolled in the UC Irvine master’s entry program in nursing, received the 2023-24 Carol A. Pierson MEPN Student Scholarship, which she says alleviates some of the stress that comes with being a first-generation, low-income student.

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The Drake Gives Contributes $1.5 Million to Power of Music Initiative

This contribution will spearhead a novel initiative at the School of Social Ecology focused on leveraging the power of music to galvanize students, other individuals and communities for social progress and well-being.

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UC Irvine Announces $50 Million Gift from Joe C. Wen and Family

A transformational gift of $50 million, following a $20 million donation to UCI Health in 2022, from Southern California businessman Joe C. Wen and his family will support the newly created School of Population & Public Health and the growth of cardiovascular research and care.

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Fraction Ball Math Game Spreads with Help of Philanthropy

A team of researchers from the UC Irvine School of Education, led by Assistant Professor Andres Bustamante, received a two-year, $1.9 million research award from the Advanced Education Research and Development Fund’s EF+Math Program to adapt the innovative math game Fraction Ball for the Santa Ana Unified School District.

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