Special Gift

Championing Justice: The Impact and Success of the National Registry of Exonerations

Cole teaches Miscarriages of Justice, a large lecture course with more than 100 students. Undergraduate students whose interest in criminology is piqued often sign up for his smaller course, a spring field study open to 40 students who work directly with the registry.

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Excellence in Academia: The Campuswide Honors Collegium

The UC Irvine Academic Senate introduced the Campuswide Honors Program in 1986 to attract and retain top-tier students to the university. The immediate goal was aspirational:

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Investing in the next generation

The Halbrooks’ gift allowed us to enhance our programming to be reflective of the maturation of UC Irvine as a Tier 1 university,” said Christopher G. Schwarz, Ph.D., CIWM faculty director and professor of finance. “Gifts to the center have increased since the renaming, and we are very grateful.”

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Scaling Social Solutions

A significant donation from philanthropist and businessman Alec Glasser will allow the School of Social Ecology at the University of California, Irvine to fully endow the Center for the Power of Music and Social Change, ensuring that it will continue to positively impact lives for generations to come.

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