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Brilliant Future

Mark and Kathleen Santora

Former UCI parents gift $1 million to support students

Kathleen and Mark Santora’s donation will aid underserved students

Taking on Depression

Monumental $55 million estate gift to UCI will create one of the largest research centers in the country tackling the pervasive mental health issue

Ninaz Valisharifabad

Heart on the brain

Out of love for her family, Ninaz Valisharifabad studies how the heart and brain function together

Pramod Khargonekar, vice chancellor for research, left, with Dr. Michael Stamos, dean of the School of Medicine, center, and Frank LaFerla, dean of the School of Biological Sciences.

Audrey Steele Burnand estate gifts $57.75 million to UCI

Majority will establish world-class, campuswide depression research center

UCI professor, wife fund $100,000 endowment for Armenian Studies graduate students

Generous gift inspired by dedication to preserve ancestral history and language

Sue Gross (left), with Adey Nyamathi

Sue J. Gross Foundation $3 million gift to UCI will advance nursing training, education

Funding will support construction of simulation center, scholarship for doctoral students

Connie Valencia

For Connie Valencia, this research is personal

The public health doctoral student’s dissertation looks at the community impacts of air pollution in her home neighborhood of Boyle Heights

Jack Langson, with his wife Shanaz Langson

UCI Institute and Museum of California Art receives naming gift from Jack and Shanaz Langson

Funding to provide support for construction, operation of state-of-the-art facility

UCI breaks ground on new hospital, medical complex in Irvine

New facility on campus will be next chapter of healthcare in Orange County

Zayda Sorrell-Medina (left) and Allison Dziuba

Fellowships help duo focus on finishing dissertations

American Association of University Women provides $20,000 each to UCI students Allison Dziuba and Zayda Sorrell-Medina