|
|
-
- UCSB Receives $12.5 Million Gift to Support Nanoscience Research
-
Virgil Elings and Betty Elings Wells have made a $12.5 million gift to UCSB to support pioneering research at the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI). In recognition of their recent gift, the new building that is home to the prestigious California Institute for Science and Innovation will be named in honor of Virgil Elings. The Elings and Wells gift is the largest contribution to The Campaign for UC Santa Barbara, which seeks to raise $500 million to ensure UCSB’s excellence for future generations.
-
- Professor and Spouse Make Record Donation to Build Centers of Excellence Across Disciplines
-
UCSB Emeritus Professor Duncan Mellichamp and his wife, Suzanne, have made a $2 million philanthropic gift to the campus to establish a second cluster of four endowed chairs. The innovative gift will make it possible for UCSB to recruit four leading scholars to launch a major new interdisciplinary academic research initiative to study the effects of globalization.
-
- Center for Study of the Mind Established With Gift from SAGE
Publications
-
UCSB has received a $3.5-million gift from SAGE Publications
to launch a dynamic new interdisciplinary research center for
the study of the mind. SAGE made the gift to commemorate its 40th
anniversary as a leading international publisher for scholarly,
educational, and professional markets. UCSB has attracted a top
scholar to lead the pioneering new effort--Michael Gazzaniga (above),
widely regarded as the founder of the cognitive neuroscience field.
The SAGE Center for the Study of the Mind will bring together
UCSB scholars from a broad range of academic disciplines in the
arts and humanities, the sciences, and engineering to explore
the multidimensional nature of the human mind.
- Autism Center Receives $2.35-Million Gift for Expansion
-
The Autism Research and Training Center at UCSB's Gevirtz Graduate
School of Education has received a $2.35-million gift from Brian
and Patricia Kelly of Santa Barbara that will provide enhanced
facilities for what is widely recognized as one of the nation's
leading centers for the diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of
autism. With the expansion (foreground in the illustration above),
the center will also be given a new name: The Koegel Autism Center,
in recognition of Dr. Robert Koegel, the facility's longtime director
and a professor of education at the Gevirtz School, and his wife,
Dr. Lynn Kern Koegel, the center's Clinical Director of Autism
Services.
- Orfalea Foundation Backs New Global Studies M.A. and Center
-
Kinko's founder Paul Orfalea and the Orfalea Family Foundation
of Santa Barbara are providing critical seed money—a multiyear
commitment of $500,000 annually—to support a novel graduate
program and center in global and international studies. The program's
expansion will focus on the academic preparation of professionals
to work in the global non-profit sector. In recognition of the
generous support of the foundation, the new center will be named
the Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies.
Leadership Gifts Will Help Fund Construction of New Media Center
- The Center for Film, Television, and New Media has received
a $2 million leadership gift from an anonymous donor for the construction
of the new facility, which is scheduled to break ground next year.
In addition, UCSB Foundation Trustee Marcy Carsey and the Carsey
Family Foundation have made an additional $500,000 gift to the
center, bringing the Carsey Foundation’s total commitment
to the project to $3 million.
-
Schoen Bequest Supports College of Creative Studies and More
- UCSB has received a $2 million bequest from the late Harold
and Hester Schoen in the form of an endowment that will provide
ongoing support for the College of Creative Studies, Arts and
Lectures, Special Collections in the University Libraries, and
graduate fellowships in history, applied mathematics, and economics.
The Schoens were longtime community members, and Harold Schoen
was a graduate of Santa Barbara College, which later became UCSB.
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Music Composition Established
- Peter Fricker, a UCSB professor of music and one of the most
important postwar British composers, remembered the campus in
his will with a bequest of approximately $2 million to fund a
postdoctoral fellowship in music composition. Fricker taught at
UCSB from 1964 until his retirement in 1989, and was the first
professor appointed to the Dorothy and Sherill C. Corwin Chair
in music.
QAD Founders Endow Professorship in Computer Science- QAD founders Karl and Pamela Lopker and the Lopker Family Foundation
have made a major gift to help establish the first endowed chair
in computer science in the College of Engineering. The endowed
professorship will support the teaching and research activities
of a distinguished scholar recruited to fill the position.
The donors, both UCSB graduates, have named the chair in honor
of Venkatesh “Venky” Narayanamurti, a dynamic leader
and distinguished physicist who served as dean of UCSB’s
College of Engineering from 1992 until 1998. He left UCSB to
join the faculty of Harvard University as the Armstrong Professor
and Dean of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
- Supporting a Host of Campus Programs and Priorities
- UCSB Foundation Trustee Fredric F. Steck has made numerous
recent major gifts to the campus, including $149,000 for Arts
and Lectures, $120,000 for the Technology Management Program,
$25,000 in unrestricted support for campus priorities, $20,000
for the Sedgwick Reserve, and $20,000 for Intercollegiate Athletics.
Steck is the foundation’s vice-chair for development and
a UCSB alumnus.
Gifts for the English Department- Lee Bliss, UCSB emeritus professor of English, has made a $550,000
planned gift to establish an endowment in memory of Everett Zimmerman,
a distinguished scholar and longtime member of UCSB’s English
Department who served in important leadership positions on campus.
The fund will support research, programming, and teaching in the
area of Early Modern Studies (1500-1800) in the department’s
Early Modern Center. Zimmerman was a highly regarded expert on
18th-century British literature. In addition, John Arhnold, a
UCSB graduate, has made a $100,000 gift to support the department.
Hall of Champions Named for Devoted Gaucho Fan- Two UCSB alumni have made an anonymous $290,000 contribution
to Intercollegiate Athletics. In honor of the gift, the Hall of
Champions in the new Intercollegiate Athletics Building has been
named for Phil Womble, a steadfast Gaucho fan and UCSB ambassador.
Advancing Research in the Center for Innovative Therapies- UCSB Foundation Trustee Thomas Harriman and his wife, Eleanor,
have made a $250,000 donation to support the Neuroscience Research
Institute. The gift for the institute’s Center for Innovative
Therapies will support research led by Kenneth Kosik, Harriman
Professor for Neuroscience Research and co-director of the institute.
Kosik’s endowed chair was established by the Harrimans.
For the Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration- Mary Cheadle, an honorary alumna, has made a $200,000 gift to
the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology to support
the Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration. Her late
husband, UCSB Chancellor (1962-77) Vernon Cheadle, was a distinguished
botanist. To honor the couple’s many gifts to the department,
the center will be named for them.
-
12/2005
|
|
|
