Gifts & Grants
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UC Santa Cruz moves closer to fundraising goals with $1.4 million gift
UCSC has received a $1.4 million gift-the largest single donation ever given by an alum–from Foundation trustee Kit Mura-smith. Mura-smith has designated an irrevocable charitable trust to be equally split between enhancing the university’s library facilities ($700,000) and providing scholarships for re-entry students ($700,000). She credited her time studying at UCSC as an important milestone…
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$200,000 gift to UCSC establishes graduate fellowship in marine mammals
A gift of $200,000 from Rebecca and Steve Sooy of Foster City has established an endowed fellowship fund to support graduate students studying marine mammals at the University of California, Santa Cruz. The Sooys have been volunteer docents at Año Nuevo State Reserve for many years, where they became fascinated by the northern elephant seals…
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UC Santa Cruz Library receives half-million-dollar gift to benefit Special Collections photo archives
The University of California, Santa Cruz, has received a $500,000 gift to benefit Special Collections in the University Library. The endowment will be established in honor of the late Miller and Bunny Outcalt and their lifelong partnership in the field of photography. Proceeds will be used to fund a permanent staff position dedicated to work…
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Scholarships Benefit Dinner raises $1 million to aid students
A record $1 million–double the amount from last year’s event–was raised for UCSC student scholarships and fellowships at a gala dinner on Saturday, November 6. “This is a perfect launch to our 40th anniversary,” said Acting Chancellor Martin M. Chemers, who co-hosted the Scholarships Benefit Dinner with UC Santa Cruz Foundation President Kenneth Feingold (Cowell…
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UCSC announces first campuswide fundraising campaign
Building on its record fundraising success in 2003-04, UC Santa Cruz has announced its first-ever campuswide fundraising initiative: the two-year, $50 million Cornerstone Campaign. Fundraising is already well under way, with $45 million raised. $50 million target expected to be reached by June 2005 University Relations Vice Chancellor Ronald P. Suduiko and Foundation trustee and…
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Major gift from storage industry leader Kumar Malavalli establishes endowed chair in storage systems at UC Santa Cruz
Kumar Malavalli, cofounder of Brocade Communications and cofounder and CEO of InMage Systems, has made a gift of $1 million to the University of California, Santa Cruz, to establish the Kumar Malavalli Endowed Chair in Storage Systems Research at UCSC’s Baskin School of Engineering. This major gift provides valuable support for the engineering school’s Storage…
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ARCS Foundation contributions to UCSC pass $1 million with 2004-05 scholarships for seven top students
At the annual awards luncheon of the Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Foundation in San Francisco this week, participants from the University of California, Santa Cruz, will have special cause for celebration. Since 1976, the ARCS Foundation’s Northern California Chapter has given more than $1 million in scholarships to UCSC students. This year, seven…
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Gala Scholarships Benefit Dinner to honor former UCSC Chancellor M.R.C. Greenwood
Supporters of UC Santa Cruz will have a chance to invest in tomorrow’s leaders while honoring one of today’s when they gather for the gala Scholarships Benefit Dinner on November 6. In addition to raising funds for scholarships and graduate fellowships, a highlight of the evening will be the awarding of the UC Santa Cruz…
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UCSC researchers join in new partnership to speed development of an ‘artificial retina’ to restore sight
CHICAGO, IL–In an effort to speed the design and development of an artificial retina that could potentially help millions of people blinded by retinal diseases, Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham announced today that five Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratories, a private company, and three universities–including UC Santa Cruz–have signed agreements to form a research…
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Fourth annual Sidhartha Maitra Memorial Lecture/Film Screening set for October 17 at UC Santa Cruz
UCLA emeritus professor and renowned ethnomusicologist Nazir Jairazbhoy will be the featured speaker at the fourth annual Sidhartha Maitra Memorial Lecture set for October 17 at 5:30 p.m. in the Music Center Recital Hall at UC Santa Cruz. Known as the “father of Indian Ethnomusicology” in the United States, Jairazbhoy has conducted extensive research on…