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Robert Espero helps students with disabilities reach academic goals

Intern teacher Brandon Clay had “a beautiful square-root Pythagorean theorem” to present to his seventh-grade Algebra I students. He wrote it on the board and turned expectantly to the sea of young faces – which remained totally blank. They didn’t have a clue. Clay wasn’t sure what to do next. He gazed back at the uncomprehending youngsters, […]

Corona del Mar residents Robert R. and Margaret Sprague know what it means to make things happen. They donated $5 million through their family’s foundation to launch construction of a state-of-the-art cancer and genetics research facility in UC Irvine’s Biomedical Research Center. This is just one example of the Spragues’ commitment to UCI’s future as […]