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Foundation donates $1 million to UCI’s Henry Samueli School of Engineering

June 24, 2020 sarah Jonas Alumni, Brilliant Future, Campaign, Environment, Innovation, Materials Science & Engineering, Oladele Ogunseitan, Pollution, Public Health, Research, Sustainability

Irvine, Calif., June 24, 2020 – The Lincoln Dynamic Foundation, created by University of California, Irvine alumnus John D. Lincoln, has made a $1 million gift to the university’s Henry Samueli School of Engineering to establish the World Institute for Sustainable Development of Materials. The new institute will advance interdisciplinary research, education and knowledge translation in an effort to innovate, evaluate and adopt technologies that utilize safer, nontoxic chemicals and materials, with the goal of mitigating environmental impacts.

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Tu Foundation gives $2.5 million to UCI to support COVID-19 patient care, research

May 11, 2020 sarah Jonas Brilliant Future, Campaign, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Donations, Donor, Gifts, Health Sciences, Medical Center, Medicine, Philanthropy, Research, UCI Health

Irvine, Calif., May 11, 2020 — A $2.5 million gift from the John and Mary Tu Foundation to the University of California, Irvine is supporting COVID-19-associated patient care at UCI Health and advance clinical and translational research across campus focused on new ways to test for and treat the viral infection. As the region’s only combined academic health system and public research university, UCI is at the forefront in galvanizing an active response to the pandemic.

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Stacey Nicholas donates $5 million to UCI in support of diversity and inclusiveness

February 10, 2020 sarah Jonas American Dream, Campaign, Diversity, Donors, Engineering, First Generation, Gifts, Minorities, Philanthropy, stem, students

Irvine, Calif., Feb. 10, 2020 — A $5 million gift from UCI Foundation trustee Stacey Nicholas will endow and rename a program serving both The Henry Samueli School of Engineering and the Donald Bren School of Information & Computer Sciences – the UCI Office of Access & Inclusion – that supports the recruitment, retention and graduation of students from historically excluded populations who are underrepresented in science, technology, engineering and math.

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Iowa caucus is unpredictable by design, but favors Biden

January 30, 2020 sarah Jonas 0 Comments 2020 Election, Bernie Sanders, Campaign, Democratic Candidates, democratic primaries, Elizabeth Warren, Iowa, Iowa Caucus, Iowa Caucuses, Pete Buttigieg

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Alumni couple Carol and Eugene Choi to receive UCI’s Extraordinarius award

December 10, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Alumni, Awards, Campaign, Philanthropy

Irvine, Calif., Dec. 10, 2019 — The University of California, Irvine Alumni Association will bestow its highest honor, the Lauds & Laurels Extraordinarius award, to alumni couple Carol Choi ’85 and Eugene Choi ’86, MBA ’01, for their exemplary service and contributions to the university and community. “We are proud to celebrate the Chois’ remarkable impact through this distinguished and well-deserved award,” said Brian T.

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American Association of Nurse Anesthetists Recognized for Innovative I AM ME Campaign

October 1, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Campaign, crna, Diversity and Inclusion, nurse anesthetist

The national professional association for more than 50,000 nurse anesthesiologists was recognized by a global company for their innovative diversity and inclusion campaign.