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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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Research to End Alzheimer’s

When his wife Judy passed away in 2014 from Alzheimer’s, Keith Swayne made a $150,000 challenge grant to UCI MIND, asking friends and neighbors to contribute, ultimately doubling his gift. The team at UCI MIND leveraged that seed money to secure a total of $20 million in funding from NIH, and establish a bank of induced pluripotent stem cells – created from human skin instead of embryos – that are used by investigators at UC Irvine and 10 other research universities around the world.

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Parent Engagement on the Rise at UCI

“The whole experience of UCI for both our children has been nothing but positive,” says Nigel Ball, a parent of two recently graduated UCI students.

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Parent Engagement beyond Graduation

“All parents know that our work is never done,” says Mark Santora, parent of two recently graduated UCI students.

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Second Annual UCI Giving Day More Than Doubles Last Year’s Total

UCI’s second annual Giving Day on April 25 raised over $4 million – more than double last year’s $1.4 million.

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