Elected chair leads the direction and business affairs of the UC Irvine Foundation, a community-based organization that supports the university through private philanthropy and personal advocacy.
The Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, which is part of UC Irvine Health, has been awarded a $3 million grant from the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation for fellowships and instruments that advance research to prevent blindness caused by such diseases as age-related macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa.
Yale grad is pursuing his degree at UCI because of its multifaceted approach to the future of healthcare.
State-of-the-art vision care center is expected to open next summer.
Completion of the concrete frame for the new home of UC Irvine’s Gavin Herbert Eye Institute – Orange County’s only academic eye institute – will be celebrated by donors, faculty and staff.
Annual list compiled by OC Metro magazine includes leaders in business, philanthropy and education.
Proceeds from fundraiser will go to UC Irvine Medical Center’s neonatal intensive care unit.
UCI’s Institute for Money Technology and Financial Inclusion awarded $4.17 million from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Gates Foundation grant supports research on monetary practices in developing nations.
Archstone Foundation and UniHealth Foundation grants will allow the university to continue its innovative work.