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UC Irvine leadership and honorees at the 2025 Medal ceremony. Pictured, from left: UC Irvine Foundation Board of Trustees Chair Gary Singer ’74; Goran Matijasevic, M.S. ’85, Ph.D. ’91; Paul Butterworth ’74, M.S. ’81; Jo Butterworth ’75; Jimmy Peterson; Chancellor Howard Gillman; Sheila Peterson; Julie Hill; James Irvine Swinden and Vice Chancellor Brian Hervey.

UC Irvine honors exceptional leaders with 2025 UC Irvine Medal

7 recipients include alumni and longtime university supporters

September 09, 2025
James and Cynthia DeBoard standing in laboratory.

$15 million gift to name, support UC Irvine's Center for Translational Vision Research

Donation honors memory of entrepreneur, philanthropist Robert M. Brunson

September 03, 2025
Man in suit coat standing in front of book shelf.

Roy Eddleman estate's $64.7 million donation establishes quantum science institute

Researchers will probe nature at the atomic level, seeking beneficial new technologies

July 07, 2025

Donation from SAP establishes new UC Irvine endowed chair in artificial intelligence

Funding will support education, research and industry collaboration around AI

March 13, 2025
UC Irvine Chancellor Howard Gillman standing at a podium with a UCI Brilliant Future sign on the front.

UC Irvine's Brilliant Future campaign surpasses $2 billion goal ahead of schedule

Setting a historic milestone for Orange County, effort continues till October 2025

January 27, 2025
Steve Borowski ’79 (center) is flanked by (from left) daughter Kelsey, daughter Kimberley, Kim’s dog Scout, granddaughter Harper, wife Linda, grandson Colton, daughter Christie, granddaughter Kate, granddaughter Kinley and son-in-law Justin.

$5 million gift from alumnus and wife to transform future of UC Irvine baseball

Support will create state-of-the-art Borowski Family Player Development Center

January 23, 2025
Alec Glasser

OC philanthropist and businessman's donation supports visionary School of Social Ecology initiative

Gift ensures future of Alec Glasser Center for the Power of Music and Social Change

January 13, 2025
Alec Glasser, here speaking with a few of the Glasser Scholars during a recent meeting at the Irvine Barclay Theatre.

Scaling social solutions

Alec Glasser Center for the Power of Music and Social Change empowers individuals and communities

January 13, 2025
Nataly Campos, left, and Kathy Duong are co-presidents of the Anteater Smile Project.

Spreading smiles

UC Irvine student group provides oral health education and dental hygiene kits to low-income communities

January 02, 2025
Stage at Bren Center on the campus of UC Irvine. On stage are people with a backdrop that says "Let's be brilliant together."

UC Irvine raises $343 million in record-breaking fiscal year

Brilliant Future philanthropic campaign now totals $1.9 billion

September 03, 2024