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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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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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A Global Magnet for the Exhibition and Research of California Art

Two landmark gifts of significant artworks have made UCI a world-class destination for the exhibition and study of California art.

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UCI Professor Emeritus Makes Legacy Gift

Though the Givens’ alma maters include Berkeley, Harvard, Stanford and Yale, their affinity for UCI – and belief in the impact they can have on the university – secured its place in their will.

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Generous Estate Gift from Alumnus will Support UCI Mathematics

“I think the University of California is the best public university system in the country,” says dual alumnus Lawrence Benveniste, who earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics at UCI in 1972…

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Shining a Light on Future Artists

Over the last few years, more than 170 UCI arts students like Tomoko Ozawa have received Medici Circle scholarships funded exclusively by community members.

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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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Nursing from the Heart

As a type-1 diabetic, Stacy Seiler ’17 knows firsthand how difficult it is for children and young adults to take on the responsibility of managing a disease and how vulnerable this time can be, especially during the teen years.

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