Stories

A New Home for Nursing

Orange County philanthropists Sue and Bill Gross have donated nearly $800 million to numerous worthy causes, mostly those that improve education, research and healthcare around the world.

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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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Supporting the Community in More Ways than One

Hooshang Meshkinpour, M.D., and Dr. Farzan Naeim considered many ways they could support UCI. Ultimately, their confidence in Dr. Kenneth Chang and his vision for the CDDC tipped the scale.

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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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All Part of the Anteater Family

The reasons people give are often as unique as the individuals who make the gifts. That’s certainly true for Joseph and Laura Alfieri, who have been giving to UCI for decades.

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UCI Alumna Commits Over $3 Million to the Merage School

Kristen Monson ’82, MBA ’86 gets teary-eyed talking about her grandfathers, one a postal worker and the other an auto mechanic. It was their children, Monson’s parents, who saw education as a means to a better life…

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