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A Billion Ways to Shape Our Future Multi-Year Fundraising Effort Aims to Transform Campus, Region parking breakthrough discoveries and tackling issues that matter to people in their daily lives will be the goal of UC Irvineʼs just announced $1 billion fundraising campaign.

The “Shaping the Future Campaign” was announced by Chancellor Michael V. Drake, M.D. at the Bren Events Center on Oct. 4 during “A Celebration of Stars – The 2008 Medal Awards.”

The announcement kicks off the public phase of the campaign, which will continue through 2015. The quiet phase, which took place during the past three years, has already seen donors give more than $405 million of the $1 billion goal.

“The challenges we face in the world today have not overwhelmed hope, and solutions can be found. Thatʼs what great universities do,” said Chancellor Michael V. Drake, M.D. as he announced the initiative that will raise $1 billion by 2015.

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Support for five key areas

The campaign will focus on increasing private support for five key areas: health, the environment, sustainable energy, educating tomorrowʼs leaders, and embracing global opportunities on cultural and business levels. Every school and unit on campus, from health affairs to the sciences; from the humanities to arts and athletics; is represented in the campaign. By increasing funding through the campaign, the campus will increase its ability to make improvement in peopleʼs lives in addition to helping drive regional economic growth.

The campaign launched a new Web site, www.UCIFuture.com, to tell the stories of community leaders, alumni, students, parents and faculty who are involved in the campaign. An ongoing advertising effort to introduce the campaign to the community has also begun.

“We are one of the best public universities in America, and more students want to come

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to UC Irvine than ever before,” Drake said. “Weʼve just completed our new hospital, which already is ranked among Americaʼs best. We have half-a-billion in capital improvements under way for our students, and weʼre opening the first new public law school in California in more than 40 years. I canʼt imagine a more exciting time to be at UC Irvine.”

The campaign will encourage donors to support more scholarships and graduate fellowships; add new buildings, equipment and labs; create and enhance academic programs; and fuel interdisciplinary collaborations to address global challenges. It also will provide funding for campuswide priorities, including attracting and retaining world-renowned faculty. Additionally, the campaign will further the campusʼs capacity to play a leadership role in supporting Orange County as a national center of business and a gateway to the global economy and cultures.

The university ended the 2007-08 fiscal year with a record-breaking $130 million in gifts and pledges – the third consecutive year the university has seen donors contribute more than $100 million.

“Our campus is an innovative and dynamic university, and it is also among the youngest universities ever to embark on a $1 billion fundraising campaign,” said Thomas J. Mitchell, vice chancellor of University Advancement and president of the University of California, Irvine Foundation.

“Our alumni and community friends and donors share the conviction that supporting UCI is a great investment in human potential. Their participation in this campaign will help us solve issues that matter to us here in Orange County and around the world.”

Now, more than ever before, UCI is focused on shaping the future, finding hope in opportunity, innovation, and the aspirations of our students and faculty.

The future of California depends on how well we prepare young Californians for success in higher education.

UC Irvine — Addressing Issues that Matter to You

We are fundamentally improving health and access to health care for our families and our community by creating 21st-Century diagnostics and treatments. We are focused on three vital areas to improving medical care for all of us. We must pursue exceptional medical research and provide the most up-to-date medical technology. We also must establish efficient business models that provide affordable and sensitive care. UC Irvine is demonstrating how these key elements of health care can work hand-in-hand.

Weʼre tackling some of the worldʼs toughest diseases and conditions: Alzheimerʼs, Cancer, Parkinsonʼs, Blindness, Heart Disease, Diabetes.

By combining the power of one of the worldʼs top research universities with compassionate care, we truly are shaping the future of health care.

Sustainable Energy Weʼre helping California and the nation find more sustainable and efficient energy sources through hydrogen power, fuel cells and other rapidly evolving new technologies.

Energy independence is not just a possibility, itʼs our future. And through technologies that tap renewable and available resources, we will help reduce pollution and environmental damage – especially important as new economies develop worldwide.

These initiatives, combined with UC Irvineʼs expertise in computing and collaboration with industry, will make an invaluable contribution to the entire nation and the world.

Our Environment We have seen mini-malls replace fields and forests. Smog sullies our cities, and children no longer drink water from the tap. Invasive species inhabit our waterways, and the worldʼs food supply is at risk from deforestation and erosion.

But at UC Irvine, our scientists take on these challenges and find practical solutions. From environmental law to water research, from earth system science to biology, our faculty and students are making a difference.

A clean, safe environment is our birthright. Being green isnʼt about red or blue states – itʼs about living in a healthy state. People may debate global climate changes, but our scientists are discovering ways to better understand the intricacies of the environment so we can protect and restore it.

All across the campus, UC Irvineʼs people are working together to make the world better.

Our priorities are crystal clear.

Tomorrowʼs Leaders Weʼre building enthusiasm for higher education and readiness for careers in a globally focused economy. The future of California depends on how well we prepare young Californians for success in higher education.

The university is committed to producing a new generation of educators and leaders who will improve the stateʼs performance in business, the arts, innovation and entrepreneurship.

At UC Irvine, the best and brightest of young Californians are achieving their dreams. That keeps California competitive, creative and prosperous.

Global Opportunities Orange County, California, with its diverse and vibrant cultures, is a microcosm of the world.

Here, when we think “world,” we also think “family,” since many of us have family in places like China and Vietnam, Mexico and Honduras, France and Russia. That cultural mix brings great opportunity for our university and our region.

UC Irvine can be the cornerstone of a new era of prosperity for California. Imagine tapping into the academic power and cultural knowledge of our incredibly diverse students and alumni. We are perfectly positioned to take advantage of world markets and advance Californiaʼs international leadership.

Our research and academic programs focus on understanding our differences and embracing our shared future. By working together across religious, ethnic and cultural lines, our students are building strategic cultural and business collaborations that benefit our entire state.

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Stellar Students enna Otter is nothing if not focused. And that keen ability enabled her to survive an attack by a 400-pound grizzly bear while on a hike with her father during the summer of 2005 in Montanaʼs Glacier National Park. As Jenna walked ahead of her father, Johan, she encountered a sow with two cubs. Johan leapt in front of Jenna, and as he fought to protect her, he rolled down an embankment while the grizzly continued to inflict horrific damage upon him. Then the bear turned its sights on Jenna.

“I am a natural problem solver,” Jenna explains while recounting the nightmarish experience. “So while the bear was attacking me, I was thinking, ʻwhat do I need to do next?ʼ” So she played dead, and the bear lost interest. With her father gravely wounded on a cliff below her, Jenna remained calm, and they both called for help. A short time later, several hikers discovered them.

Now a third-year UCI Regentsʼ Scholar studying dance and pre-med, Jenna is focused on her studies. She hopes to first work for a national dance company after graduating, and then go to med school to train as an orthopedic or heart surJenna Otter geon.

Jenna has recovered, and though her fatherʼs injuries were more severe, he has returned to work and resumed his passion of running marathons.

Jenna continues to receive recognition for her heroic accomplishments, and she is also 2008 Lauds & Laurels recipient for her heartfelt dedication and commitment to UC Irvine.

Receiving a Regentsʼ Scholarship was the determining factor in Jenna choosing UCI. “This scholarship has given me the resources to be able to do my best,” she says. “And UCI took a personal interest in me when I was applying, unlike one of my other top choices. That makes me want to give back to this campus someday if I am able.”

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ose Romero-Mariona For 12 long years, Jose Romero-Marionaʼs family tried desperately to flee war-torn El Salvador, and by the time they were permitted to immigrate to the United States, Jose was in already in high school.

The relief he felt from no longer having to witness shootings outside his home – or relatives “disappearing” from their neighborhood – was clouded by an apprehension of working at menial jobs to help support his struggling family in their new county. His father, a civil engineer in El Salvador, settled for a job as a machinist, and his mother picked up work doing catering and office jobs.

At first Jose spoke little English, but he was a fast learner. Even so, his high school counselor told him he should apply to trade school rather than college. But his parents thought otherwise, so Jose took it upon himself to learn how to apply to colleges and fill out all the complicated forms necessary to get into a good school.

UC Irvine welcomed him and ultimately became his salvation.

Having earned his bachelorʼs degree here, Jose is now a fourthyear graduate student working alongside Dean Debra Richardson in the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences.

His latest work involves looking at unique ways of developing software-specific security that is more efficient than the more general virus detection programs that most people use today.

Without financial help, Jose believes none of this would have been possible.

Jose Romero-Mariona “My fellowship has helped me so much,” he explains. “It was always a big question as to how I would pay for school, and now that I am able focus on my research, I hope I can give back to others someday.”

With a goal to become a university professor, and the fact that he spends extracurricular time mentoring students from disadvantaged backgrounds – in addition to his long research hours – Jose is already giving back in a big way.

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UC Irvine: Donors Making a Difference ue and Bill Gross Laguna Beach couple Sue and Bill Gross like to contribute to cutting-edge organizations that have a major impact. In making a $10 million gift to establish the Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center at UC Irvine, their impact is certain to provide benefits on global levels.

Sue and Bill developed a keen interest in stem cell research after watching a “60 Minutes” program that profiled Hans Keirsteadʼs work at UC Irvine. The show described his use of a treatment derived from human embryonic stem cells to improve mobility in laboratory animals with spinal cord injuries.

The couple was later invited to tour UC Irvineʼs Reeve Irvine Research Center, and after learning more about the breakthrough stem cell research being performed by Hans Keirstead, Peter Donovan, Susan Bryant and others, they knew they wanted to get involved.

“UCI is at the forefront of scientific research because of the interdisciplinary collaboration among its faculty, staff and departments,” Bill says. “This cross-functional approach has enabled the campus to become a hub of stem cell research in Southern California.”

Bill Gross is founder and CIO of the Newport Beach-based Sue and Bill Gross international investment firm PIMCO. He is the worldʼs most prominent bond investor, managing over $700 billion, and the couple is known for their generous gifts to educational and health care institutions.

“We are grateful for the opportunity to help facilitate research that will save lives and provide vast benefits for the citizens of Orange County and beyond,” Sue adds.

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inetta and Gavin Herbert Ninetta and Gavin Herbert recently made the largest gift ever received by the Department of Ophthalmology – one which will help establish an eye institute on campus that will be named after Gavin. The proposed institute will further the Department of Ophthalmologyʼs mission of developing educational programs, technologies and clinical solutions to enhance visual health and performance for the people of Orange County and beyond.

“I have been closely affiliated with the UC Irvine Department of Ophthalmology and its outstanding clinicians and scientists since its inception over 30 years ago,” Gavin says. “With the completion of the Eye Institute, UC Irvine will host one of the premier eye health research institutions in the country. I am extremely pleased to be a part of it.”

Gavin is founder, chairman emeritus and the former CEO of Allergan, Inc., a global specialty pharmaceutical and medical device company in Irvine. Through his direction, Allergan has supported the Department of Ophthalmology at UC Irvine for more than 30 years – sponsoring research fellowship programs, collaborating with retina clinical research faculty and Ninetta and Gavin Herbert providing lab space, research materials, mentoring and development opportunities.

A friend of founding Chancellor Daniel G. Aldrich, Jr., Gavin was instrumental in designing and implementing the Department of Ophthalmology, including the Irving Leopold Chair. He was the first president of the Chancellorʼs Club, and he recently received the universityʼs highest honor, the Medal, for his extraordinary service and support.

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UC Irvine Facts ounded in 1965, the University of California, Irvine combines the strengths of a major research university with the bounty of an incomparable Southern California location. With a commitment to cutting-edge research, teaching, learning and creativity, UCI is a driving force for innovation and discovery that benefits our local, national and global communities in many ways.

With more than 27,000 students, nearly 2,000 faculty members and 8,900 staff, UCI is among the fastest-growing campuses in the University of California system. Increasingly a first-choice campus for students, UCI ranks among the top U.S. universities in the number of undergraduate applications and continues to admit freshmen with highly competitive academic profiles.

Orange Countyʼs third-largest employer, UCI generates an annual economic impact on the county of $3.6 billion.

Excellence in Academics & Research UCI is a center for quality education that fosters the passionate and enthusiastic expansion of knowledge. Our graduates are equipped with the tools of analysis, expression and cultural understanding necessary for leadership in todayʼs world.

UCI is consistently ranked among the nationʼs best universities – public and private – with achievements in a broad range of fields that have garnered high national rankings for many schools, departments and programs. Three UCI researchers have won Nobel Prizes – two in chemistry and one in physics.

The university is noted for its excellent research and graduate programs, an extensive commitment to undergraduate education, and a growing number of professional schools and programs of academic importance and social significance. Recent additions include public health, pharmaceutical sciences and nursing science programs, as well as a new School of Law scheduled to open in 2009.

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A Prime Resource for the Community UCI reaches beyond its classrooms and laboratories to address societal issues and support human development. UC Irvine Medical Center, Orange Countyʼs only university hospital, is building a new world-class facility that, when completed in 2009, will house the latest technologies and strengthen UCIʼs ability to provide specialized medical and surgical treatments to the regionʼs citizens.

A major intellectual and cultural center, UCI engages the community through many public activities and events. Renowned individuals speaking on campus include Nobel Peace Prize winners, such as former President Jimmy Carter, His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and Kenyan environmental advocate Wangari Maathai.

Fueling Growth & Prosperity In 2006-07, the university invested $230 million in capital construction projects, with additional upgrades under way or in the planning stages. Extramural funding – money coming from outside sources, including federal and state agencies, industry contracts and private foundations in support of UCI research – totaled $276 million in 2006-07.

Underscoring strong community support, private giving to UCI topped $120 million in 200607. With an endowment valued at $234 million as of June 30, 2007, the University of California, Irvine Foundation spearheads private fundraising efforts for the campus and, with the assistance of alumni and community leaders, helps ensure UCIʼs future as a world-class research university.

UCI benefits the community and the world in countless ways through its scholarly, scientific, creative and economic contributions. UCI now has embarked on a strategic plan that will ensure the campus continues to inspire excellence as it fulfills its research, teaching and public service mission in the decades ahead.

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UC Irvine: Alumni Connections Alumna Jenny Doh ’91 Leads UCI Alumni Association

enny Doh, ʼ91 spent her early years in Seoul, Korea. But she was born at UC Irvine.

“I see the university as something I cannot and will not ever abandon,” said Doh. “It is my family, it is where I was really born.”

She came to campus in 1986 as a new freshman straight from Bakersfield, Calif., where her family had settled after immigrating some 10 years earlier and by her own account, simply fell in love with the campus. “I loved everything about it, even the design. Itʼs a circle, you could never get lost.”

From those first few days on campus, Doh has managed to never lose her way and has, as a matter of fact, come full circle. In July she took over as the president of the UCI Alumni Association, leading the universityʼs largest volunteer organization. More than 107,000-strong, the alumni family is one to which Doh is unquestionably committed.

“As an alumna, I have a sense of obligation to make sure that I continue to support the institution that helped shaped me. It is with extreme pride that I can attach my name to UCI, to be associated with such a strong university.”

While a student, Doh earned the unrepeated honor of being selected UC Irvineʼs first student regent, representing the student body within the University of California Board of Regents and the UC Office of the President. It was during that time that she was taken under Jenny Doh the wing of some of her most influential mentors, including alumna Martha Newkirk.

Newkirk, along with Chancellor Emeritus Jack Peltason and his wife Susie, remain an integral part of Dohʼs life today.

“They continue to offer me a great level of support. It is because of each of them that I understand my responsibility to the university,” Doh said. “As president of the alumni association, I am responsible to my fellow alumni in ensuring that our voice continues to be heard. As personnel at the university change, it is the alumni voice that remains constant.”

And to ensure that the alumni voice remains strong and relevant, Doh plans to use her time as president to further strengthen the relationship between the association and the campusʼs other volunteer organizations: Chief Executive Roundtable, the Foundation and the Chancellorʼs Club.

“To date, the alumni association may not have had as strong of a presence in campus affairs

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as it could,” Doh explained. “It is time more than ever before for these organizations interact and collaborate so that we are able support the universityʼs priorities.”

Sustaining the alumni voice isnʼt just a one-woman activity. Doh believes that each alumnus can – and should – take part. And, one way do to so is to recognize that the association is the lifeline between university and alumni. “Itʼs imperative that alumni continue to support the association,” Doh said. “The first step in doing that is to purchase a membership to help preserve our fiscal health. Those dues help ensure that the association remains strong and autonomous.

“And the university will become a better place through alumni involvement.”

Greg and Vanessa Vacca - The Chancellorʼs Club After earning his degree in biological sciences from UC Irvine, Greg Vaccaʼs career path took a decidedly different turn when he enrolled in the San Francisco Theological Seminary and was ordained as a Presbyterian minister. He became a hospital chaplain in both civilian and military life, including Desert Storm, where he met his wife, Sheryl, who was an army nurse at the time.

Greg later entered the financial services industry as a corporate officer and then was a consultant to major insurance companies. He is the founder of a technology company that provides a unique application Greg and Vanessa Vacca used in over 200 banks nationally, and he is an industry leader serving on the boards of several trade associations.

Following her fatherʼs lead, Vanessa Vacca earned her bachelorʼs degree from UC Irvine in 2002 and is now a senior consultant with Deloitte and Touche, LLP. And, like her father, fond memories of UC Irvine have made her want to stay connected. Not long after Greg joined the Chancellorʼs Club, he encouraged Vanessa to do the same.

While at UC Irvine, Vanessa found great satisfaction serving as a Student Parent Orientation Program staffer. Lately, she has led young alumni workshops and has spoken at Chancellorʼs Club events on the benefits of membership.

“We feel that the Chancellorʼs Club is a great way to network and reconnect with the campus,” says Greg. “It has been great to meet the people working so hard to make it a better place to get an education,” Vanessa adds. “GO EATERS!!!”

California’s Future: It Starts Here

ounded in 1965, UC Irvine is now recognized as one of the nationʼs best research universities. It is also a vital component of one of the most diverse high-tech economies in the United States.

With more than 27,000 students, UCI is among the fastest-growing campuses in the University of California system. Its broad-based mission encompasses teaching, research and public service, and its researchers look beyond the classroom and laboratory to address contemporary problems in areas ranging from the environment and transportation to healthcare and telecommunications.

From the beginning, campus architect William Pereira and Irvine Co. planners linked the fortunes of the university and the community that was to become Irvine. Today, the campus and UC Irvine Medical Center enrich Orange County with a steady flow of intellectual capital, research and discoveries; some of the best healthcare in the world; and a wealth of educational and cultural opportunities.

UCI receives about 20 percent of its funding from the state of California. Other funding sources include research contracts and grants, revenues from UC Irvine Medical Center, private support, and tuition and fees.

Below are just some of the ways the people of California, private donors and others realize a return on their investment.

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Economic Impact

UCIʼs annual economic impact on Orange County is now measured at $3.6 billion.

Employment The campus in Irvine and UC Irvine Medical Center in Orange together employ more than 17,000 people, making UCI the countyʼs third-largest employer, behind only Disneyland Resort and the County of Orange itself.

Payroll The campus and UC Irvine Medical Center have a combined annual payroll of approximately $820 million and in 2007 generated about $128 million in federal and state withholding taxes.

Capital Expenditures In 2006-07, the university invested more than $230 million in capital projects on campus and at the medical center.

Capital Projects in Process As of fall 2007, more than $1 billion of capital investment and renewal is transforming the campus and medical center.

Sales and Use Taxes Paid During the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2007, UCI paid about $2.7 million in sales and use tax on items ranging from medical equipment and furniture to computers and office supplies.

Contracts & Grants UCI attracts hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts and grants, and in 2006-07 was

awarded $276 million in external funding from federal and state agencies, and the private sector. An indispensable source of funding for graduate education and research, this money mostly stays in Orange County.

Patient Care

UC Irvine Medical Center and its affiliated clinics handled 527,358 outpatient visits, while the medical center staffed 102,913 in-patient days, during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007.

The medical center generated more than $468 million in net patient revenue over the same period. The revenue covers salaries and other operating costs associated with patient care and medical education.

Also during the same period, the medical center provided approximately $27 million in charity care to the Orange County community.

Enrollment

As of fall 2007, more than 27,000 students attend UCI, making it among the fastest-growing campuses in the University of California system.

Alumni

UCI has more than 107,000 degreed alumni, of which more than 75,000 live in California and contribute to the stateʼs economy as employees, employers, taxpayers and consumers.

An estimated 40,000 alumni live and work in Orange County.

Retirees

More than 1,400 University of California retirees live in Orange County and receive annual retirement benefits of about $36 million.

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Eye Surgery Innovation at Alcon

nown for its dedication to technologies of every kind, the heart of Alconʼs surgical equipment business lies in the center of Irvine, California. From the outside, itʼs hard to tell this two-story building contains some of the most sophisticated ophthalmic research and manufacturing activities in the world. Alconʼs Irvine Technology Center (ITC) is not only responsible for manufacturing, distributing and servicing surgical equipment, but is also responsible for creating next generation technology. Since 1989, more than 45,000 ophthalmic systems have been manufactured at the Irvine facility and are in use in almost every country in the world.

ITC develops and manufactures highly technological instruments that save the sight of countless people everyday. As important as the products, however, are the 750 plus people who are dedicated to their development. An incredibly diverse group, the ITC employees represent North American, South American, European, Middle Eastern and Asian cultures.

Such a wide range of backgrounds creates an environment where global learning occurs.

The employees of the ITC constitute a powerful base of expertise in such diverse technologies as ultrasound, optics, electro-mechanics, electronics, diagnostics and lasers.

ITC is responsible for the development of the Infiniti Vision System®, which significantly advances innovation in cataract lens removal. This system provides a highly efficient, stateof-the-art surgical instrument to ophthalmologists worldwide. In 2008, the Constellation® Vision System was introduced, giving eye care professionals a premier innovative solution to both vitreoretinal and cataract surgery techniques. These, in addition to other key product launches, are a credit to the highly trained professionals who collaborate in the research, development, production and service of complex ophthalmic equipment, instruments and a variety of accessories.

Alcon sets the quality standard within the global eye care industry and takes pride in consistently meeting or exceeding both customer and regulatory expectations. Beginning with the top leaders, everyone at Alcon plays a critical role in ensuring the quality of our products and services. Employees have and continue to join the Alcon team with one key mission in mind: to enhance, preserve and restore vision. The Irvine Technology Center represents the commitment of Alcon to provide continuous innovation to the ophthalmic community.

Alcon is proud of its continued partnership with UCI to create better solutions for tomorrow!

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Students participate in Alcon's on-site wet lab to experience the process of cataract removal, using Alcon's Infiniti Vision System®.

For more information about Alcon please visit www.alcon.com.

Clean Harbors’ Continuing Initiative lean Harbors Environmental Services is proud of the work that we do at the University of California, Irvine in providing a safe and healthy environment for research, work and education. It is something that we do at numerous universities, at a number of area businesses, and for Orange County itself.

As North Americaʼs leading provider of environmental and hazardous waste management services, Clean Harbors provides a broad range of hazardous material management and disposal services. For instance, here, in Orange County, we manage what may be the largest full-time community recycling program in the US. Clean Harbors employees staff four recycling centers where we handle paints, pesticides, solvents, batteries and other household hazardous waste.

Our list of services goes on.

Scores of industrial, high tech and biotech research and production operations in universities, hospitals and private companies benefit from our portfolio of services, such as: • Chemical Packing – CleanPack® laboratory chemical packing that we provide to UCI and other Orange County businesses and organizations offers proper recognition, handling, packaging, transportation and disposal of laboratory chemicals. Coupled with our cylinder and compressed gas services and other laboratory management capabilities, Clean Harbors provides comprehensive hazardous and non-hazardous laboratory materials management services, as well as laboratory relocations, closures and cleanouts.

• Waste Disposal & Recycling – Clean Harbors provides the widest range of recycling, treatment and disposal options to ensure that waste materials are handled properly at the source and disposed of in a safe, well-documented manner that reduces liabilities. From simple oils and paints, to PCBs, cyanides and explosives, we handle it all. Hazardous and non-hazardous drum and bulk waste in liquid, solid, semi-solid, sludge and gas forms are easily handled through our infrastructure of waste management facilities in California and across North America.

• Site Services – We provide onsite services to handle hazardous and non-hazardous materials on a day-to-day basis. Services include tank cleaning, decontamination, excavation and removal, and other routine services required for the safe, efficient operations of industrial, research and production facilities. Our Apollo Onsite Services, an environmental services outsourcing program, places highly trained and experienced personnel on customer locations to manage entire hazardous materials programs. Apollo services include asset management, regulatory compliance, waste management, waste minimization and recycling, management and regulatory reporting, environmental program administration and other specialty services.

• Emergency Response – Clean Harbors augments these ongoing services with emergency response capabilities to respond to chemical, hazardous materials and oil spills on Orange County roads and freeways, as well as at research and production facilities. We also bring in rapid response teams from across the nation to respond to natural disasters in support of government and businesses.

Clean Harbors plays an important role in Orange Countyʼs business, educational, and local communities. We look forward to our continuing relationship with UCI as it rolls out its New Initiative and to contributing to public health and safety throughout the County.

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For more information about Clean Harbors, please visit www.cleanharbors.com.

We are Proud of Our Relationship with UCI!

www.alcon.com

©2008 Alcon, Inc.

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An Open Letter from Dean Andrew Policano, The Paul Merage School of Business at UC Irvine

hat is the role of a business school during economic uncertainty?

As the U.S. and global economies sail into rough waters for an uncertain time period, it is especially important for those of us who deliver effective management education to teach our students and our corporate partners how to sustain profitable growth in a down cycle.

At The Paul Merage School of Business, we are focused on providing an education that prepares our MBA graduates for all economic realities. This strategic view means that the Merage School is becoming a globally recognized source for information on strategic innovation to power sustained business growth, no matter the sector and no matter the economic conditions: • Our acclaimed faculty researches and publishes timely information for both academic and business use on various aspects of the business cycle and what techniques and innovations produce successful business growth.

• Our relevant and timely curriculum teaches “just in time” strategic innovation by incorporating the newest and most compelling business strategies into coursework.

• Our Competitive Intelligence class forces students to grapple with real world business dilemmas and challenges.

• Our MBA student consulting projects are providing solutions to complex business challenges at some of the regionʼs largest and most influential corporations.

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• Our Virtual Teams Course places students on teams with seven global business schools – in Asia, India, Europe and the east coast of the U.S. – providing them the invaluable experience they will need to succeed in a global team environment.

Equally as important – whether in good economic times or bad – is the Merage Schoolʼs focus on bringing effective and innovative business strategies to bear on todayʼs most pressing and compelling social issues. No matter the strength of the global economy, the community surrounding our campus and the citizens we touch through our presence in the community remain an important priority to us.

Through our Social Responsibility Initiative, our MBA students are reaching out to the non profit community, addressing issues such as health care availability, domestic violence, disease prevention and cure, environmental sustainability, low income housing and homelessness via projects with key non-profit organizations in our community. These rewarding and vital projects bring our students and faculty in touch with imperatives that are crucial to a broad-based and socially responsible business education.

As these initiatives further cement our critical community relationships and expand our influence, the Merage School must also expand the space in which we teach and research. We will soon break ground on a new building, and I invite you to participate in the construction of the new look of Merage – a “living” structure that will incorporate the personal stories and business histories of our Merage friends and family, new and old. This exciting state-of-the-art building will showcase the invaluable partnership between the Merage School and the Orange County business community, a partnership of vital and ongoing strategic importance to the Schoolʼs future success. I cannot imagine a more fitting tribute to the business partners and alumni who continue to make our School so distinguished.

Our focus on strategic innovation combined with our collaborative and hands-on student experience produces graduates with core business skills that intertwine with a formidable social conscience. A powerful combination, indeed.

I invite you to participate and learn more at merage.uci.edu.

Merage School Debuts Open Source Innovation Knowledgebase for Business Leaders

To get the right answer, it is first necessary to ask the right question. But what if you donʼt know what question to ask?

The Don Beall Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship has created a new webbased resource called the Innovation@Merage Knowledgebase for executives seeking to formulate the right questions, and ultimately the right answers, as to how their organizations can sustain competitive advantage through continuous business innovation.

Focused on serving the needs of C-level executives, the Innovation Knowledgebase is a collection of the most influential, “best of breed” articles, opinions and academic research available on the subject of corporate innovation; pre-selected and reviewed by a team of Merage School PhD candidates under the leadership of Dr. Christine Beckman. It also features a blog that focuses on more timely elements of innovation today. The objective of the Innovation Knowledgebase is to create a single location where the best thinking from around the world in the area of corporate innovation can be easily searched by topic and industry.

Learn more at merage.uci.edu/go/Innovation.

Centers of Excellence at The Paul Merage School of Business at UC Irvine

Six Centers of Excellence provide a well-traveled bridge between the academic and business communities at large. Beyond attendance at the various conferences, networking events and colloquia sponsored by each Center, opportunities to participate are numerous – including corporate sponsorships, mentor programs and advisory board memberships.

The Don Beall Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship This Center provides thought leadership in the important science of innovation management, acknowledging that the best way to sustain competitive advantage in todayʼs global economy is through superior management of innovation at all levels of the economy, from start-up phase to Fortune 1000 divisions.

Center for Health Care Management and Policy This Center puts issues of insurance coverage, third party payers and indigent care on its agenda to help solve problems needing innovative approaches and manage the increasingly complex health care industry.

Center for Investment and Wealth Management This Center provides support and education for families of wealth and engages the wealth and investment management industry with innovative research and resources.

Center for Real Estate A bellwether industry both locally and nationally, real estate continues to be a significant component of the global economy; the Center and its active advisory board enable the Merage School to offer a robust program of conferences and MBA courses.

Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations (CRITO) CRITO is one of the worldʼs leading think tanks on the impact of information technology on organizations and society.

Center for Leadership and Team Development This Center offers programs that encourage the personal and professional growth needed to be successful leaders and masters of change. The Centerʼs flagship programs include the Challenge Course, the Mentor Program and the Distinguished Speaker Series.

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Innovation, Collaboration, Stimulation: HI-TECH Research AND TEACHING

for a 21st Century Orange County and Beyond orty years since its founding as a department, UC Irvineʼs Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences (ICS) continues to be an institute that leads information technology education and research across the globe.

The Bren School has a unique perspective on the computing and information disciplines that allows us a broad foundation from which to build educational programs and research initiatives that explore the many applications of information technology, from circuits and systems to software engineering and human aspects of computing.

By establishing the University of Californiaʼs first computingfocused school in 2002, UCI made an investment in the future that reflects its historical commitment to raising the bar of excellence. From pioneering computer science courses four decades ago to its current offering of five undergraduate computer science degree programs, an ICS education is grounded in the basics but also explores the newest technologies and advancements.

Curiosity about the world and a commitment to solving real-life problems are the passions that drive the Bren School. Our research in the information and computer sciences is applicable to many scholarly and scientific fields, which leads to interdisciplinary and universityindustry collaborations.

Today, our faculty are collaborating on IT for health care, global software development, security and privacy, emergency response technologies, among other industry-driven initiatives such as computer gaming, Web science, embedded systems and collaboratories.

Biotechnology research stimulates new industry opportunities Born from the labs of ICS professors Rick Lathrop and G. Wesley Hatfield, CODA Genomics brought to the market a method for making synthetic genes that express proteins.

“Realizing a demand for custom developed and specific genes for health and biological

Saving first life resources by conducting research in second life Informatics professor Crista Lopes is developing and testing software for a local company, Unimodal, which has designed a futuristic transit system called SkyTran. Lopes is modeling the logic-control layer of the system that will prevent magnetically levitated vehicles from colliding as they merge on and off the overhead roadway.

“We met Crista and she suggested this really out-of-the-box, cool way to simulate it in Second Life,” says Christopher Perkins, Unimodal CEO. Virtual simulations provide a cost-effective way to test complex engineering systems in a safe and reliable manner. “Most engineering systems today have a very strong software component. With respect to the design decision you make when you are creating software, itʼs a real advantage to test them in this kind of environment,” says Lopes.

Personal Rapid Transit is an old idea that has shown promise and is being revisited today, because of the concerns about the environment and the search for alternative forms of energy and transportation.

R&D in Second Life helps save energy and the environment by simulating and validating the transportation system virtually rather than having to do so in first life. Further, through this innovative research, a personal transportation system may one day replace the need for driving oneʼs own car.

Humans and computers interacting intelligently and experientially Communication has typically been a person-to-person (P2P) interaction. Computers, cell phones and other technology have transitioned communication to occur in a device-to-device method. Donald Bren Professor of Computer Science Ramesh Jain is taking an event-centric approach for realizing connections – an attempt at taking this interaction back to a P2P

research, we began manufacturing the requested genes while continuing our research into improved methods for synthetic gene production,” says Lathrop.

Initially, CODA Genomics operated as a “virtual” company – it was incorporated as a California corporation, but it possessed few physical assets, such as facilities, equipment or research staff. With the help of research agreements, and sales and service agreements with UCI, which covered university overhead, the company was given access to the UCI facilities, equipment and instrumentation it needed.

With 2,000-5,000 potential customers worldwide and a 75 percent prospect-to-customer conversion rate, CODA Genomics has relocated to Laguna Hills with a bright future.

The Institute of Genomics and Bioinformatics (IGB) at the Bren School fosters this innovative interdisciplinary research at the intersection of the computational and life sciences.

IGBʼs projects range in scale from molecular nano-scale biotechnology to biological systems, covering most biological model organisms and systems as well as diseases from tuberculosis to cancer.

A new generation of bioinformatics research is currently taking root at the Bren School. With the advent of a new generation of high-throughput sequencing instruments on the horizon, the IGB is preparing for a major push in human genomics. Researchers are also exploring methods to optimize the acquisition, storage, retrieval, and use of information in health and medicine.

Environmental, long-term economic and national security concerns are now motivating research into renewable, domestic sources of transportation fuels. UCI and CODA Genomics researchers are in the process of bioengineering enzymes and pathways in different microorganisms to optimize the production of bioethanol.

Managing disasters for local first responders September 11 and Hurricane Katrina are universally recognized as recent historyʼs most deadly U.S. disasters. The details differ dramatically, but the events share an important distinction: experts agree that communication systems failed miserably, increasing the death toll and level of destruction.

In a multidisciplinary, industry-university research collaboration, ResCUE (Responding to Crises and Unexpected Events) has designed and are testing reliable, scalable infrastructures that can access, share and disseminate critical information to first responders in a timely manner.

“We design technologies to help first responders assist victims, but we also design technology that can help decision-makers manage the crisis better. For the most effective emergency response, both are critical,” says Sharad Mehrotra director of the Bren Schoolʼs Center for Emergency Response Technologies.

The project which also involves several city and first-responder organizations, and a dozen or more corporate partners, studies the ways in which organizations and individuals respond in emergency situations, design technology to improve emergency response and test that technology in four increasingly sophisticated test beds.

Tools, ranging from wearable tracking devices to remote controlled sensing platforms to customized communication software, can help emergency responders gather, analyze and disseminate essential information.

Emergency communications encompass a wide range of action. More than just the contact between first-responders and their emergency operations centers during a crisis, the term also refers to the process of gathering relevant data and conveying it concisely to crisis managers in order to improve their decision-making ability.

approach using technology to bring people closer together in an ever-connected world.

This new approach of Environment to environment (E2E) connectivity is achieved by placing multiple heterogeneous sensors (e.g. cameras, microphones) in an environment to detect appropriate objects and events continuously. Doing so creates a dynamic Situation Model of the environment used to provide adequate symbolic as well as experiential information to users in other environments.

According to Jain, this innovative communication model will make interactions among people in different locations much more natural because unlike current device-to-device models, “people will be free and natural in their environment and will be able to interact with remote environments as if they are at the same place.”

The applications of E2E technologies are diverse. In situations where interaction and transmission of large volumes of data are critical, E2E will provide a convenient communications mechanism from remote sites with a convenient display interface. Telemedicine is one such benefactor of intelligent human-computer interactions.

Telemedicine and ubiquitous computing for health care One day soon, thanks to human-computer interaction (HCI) and other research at UC Irvine, patients in remote locations could have their therapeutic progress tracked by health care practitioners without leaving the comfort of their own homes. Bren School faculty have already teamed up with community health organizations such as Project Walk to make in-home health care administration and monitoring readily available for patients.

E2E communications are allowing patients in remote areas to use wireless communication technology to enable doctors to get vital measurements and provide essential diagnoses.

As telemedicine becomes more and more of a ubiquitous reality, e-Health will shift the paradigm in the medical community. “Health insurance companies will be willing to pay for innovative technologies that will save a doctorʼs time and help in preventative medicine,” says Eric Harness of Project Walk.

From issues surrounding the technology needs of people in chronic care situations to educational and assistive technologies for children afflicted with autism and other learning disabilities, ICS faculty not only conduct innovative research, but also guide students to be tomorrowʼs leaders in e-Health.

The Bren School of ICS is shaping the future through these collaborative research innovations. ICS research and technologies continue to make vital economic and social contributions through the establishment of the Internet, security and privacy, software development, and biotechnology industries in Orange County and beyond.

As we look towards the next forty years of computing, the Bren School continues to conduct research that serves to reshape domains as far reaching as education, art and entertainment, business and law, energy and the environment, health care and medicine.

The Bren School is committed to ensuring excellence through inclusion, producing a diverse, educated workforce for advancing technology. ICS faculty and students are stimulating the economy and transferring new technology into the public realm to greatly advance quality of life.

The Bren School of ICS is addressing issues of importance to the community, industry and government. ICS faculty work in partnerships with corporations to drive the transfer of computing technology from the research laboratory into the commercial sector.

Discover more innovative collaborations and stay abreast of the latest at UC Irvineʼs Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences at http://www.ics.uci.edu/community/.

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Offering market-leading technologies he company: Advanced Medical Optics AMO is focused on providing the full range of advanced refractive technologies and support to help eye care professionals deliver optimal vision and lifestyle experiences to patients of all ages.

We do this by providing a complete refractive solution that includes a differentiated suite of advanced products and services designed to address vision disorders at all stages of life.

We offer market-leading technologies for myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism, presbyopia, cataract, spherical aberration and corneal health, and proven educational and support programs that help eye care professionals master refractive technologies and grow their practices.

Focusing on the correct markets Everyone needs vision care. The needs evolve with age and are usually related to a refractive disorder. Global population growth and demographic shifts mean increasing demand for vision correction technologies. Teens and young adults – who comprise the majority of the contact lens wearing public – are the worldʼs second fastest growing demographic behind the massive baby boom generation, which is now between the ages of 43 and 61 and beginning to face the challenges of presbyopia and cataracts. Moreover, people around the world are living longer and looking to improve visual performance well into their 80s and 90s.

Discovering new ways to correct vision Innovation is our lifeblood as it continually renews our relevance and differentiation in the market. To that end, we have consistently increased our R&D investment to broaden our core competencies and fill our product pipeline. Over the last five years, weʼve expanded our R&D teams and more than doubled our annual R&D spend. As a result, the next few years are shaping up to be our most prolific yet in terms of major new product introductions.

So far in 2008, weʼve already launched a new, one-piece Tecnis® intraocular lens for cataract patients, and blink Tears lubricating eye drops, a unique over-the-counter dry eye product. We are also on track to launch a new dispersive viscoelastic used in cataract surgery that expands our Healon® franchise as well as two new refractive technologies, the iFS™ Laser and iDesign™ system used during laser vision correction procedures. The

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Both of these technologies are a part of AMOʼs consumer-facing iLASIK brand, our custom, all-laser LASIK procedure thatʼs performed using our market-leading, proprietary technologies.

Providing a correct solution to customers We deliver our products through three complementary businesses, each providing specific solutions to address patientsʼ refractive needs at certain stages of life.

Our corneal business captures teens and young adults as they are introduced to contact lens wear. We work with their eye care practitioners to offer contact lens disinfection, cleaning and wetting formulations that protect and lubricate ocular surfaces, relieve dryness and irritation and increase overall contact lens comfort.

Our refractive business focuses on patients over age 21 seeking freedom from eyeglasses or contact lenses. As the worldʼs No. 1 laser vision correction company, we offer refractive practices the industryʼs most advanced technologies, which are designed to achieve superior visual outcomes with fewer complications, enhance surgeon productivity and break down consumer fears regarding LASIK treatments. We also offer multifocal intraocular lenses (IOLs) that provide excellent near, intermediate and distance vision without eyeglasses.

Our cataract business addresses needs of patients over age 60 and suffering from cataracts. We provide ultrasonic lens removal systems, viscoelastics, and aspheric IOLs that provide improved functional vision by reducing spherical aberration. With our innovations, ophthalmic surgeons can optimize each patientʼs visual function based on his or her individual need.

Our ability to link our businesses together to form a potent technological offering is our differentiation in the market and the cornerstone of our Complete Refractive Solution approach.

For more information, visit the companyʼs Website at www.amo-inc.com.

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An Open Letter from Dean Erwin Chemerinsky am incredibly excited to be the founding dean of the new law school at the University of California, Irvine. I believe that we have the opportunity to create a very special law school. We begin classes next August and are spending this year recruiting our entering class of students, recruiting additional faculty and planning our curriculum.

Our goal is that from the outset we will be a top 20 law school that will bring superb professors and students to Orange County. This goal, which may seem audacious, is possible because of the Universityʼs commitment to having an outstanding law school and because of the strength of the Orange County legal and business community.

We have 10 founding faculty members in residence this year, a full year before students arrive, to plan every aspect of the school. Our founding faculty all have previously taught at top 20 law schools. Recently, the University of Chicago Law Schoolʼs Brian Leiter wrote on his influential blog that we are on the way to being solidly in the top 20 based on our faculty and its scholarly productivity. We will hire several additional faculty this year and for many years to come.

We will begin with a class of approximately 60 students in August 2009. We plan to recruit a class with a profile equal to that of a top 20 school. To help achieve this, we hope to raise sufficient funds to provide a full three-year scholarship for every student in our entering class.

But we do not want simply to replicate other top 20 law schools. Our goal is to create the ideal law school for the 21st century. My central vision for the law school is to be the best at preparing students for the practice of law at the highest levels.

Our founding faculty was selected with that in mind. Rachel Moran (from UC Berkeley), president of the Association of American Law Schools, Catherine Fisk (Duke) and Trina Jones (Duke) are leaders in legal education. Carrie MenkelMeadow (Georgetown) and Ann Southworth (now visiting at UCLA) are leading experts in professional responsibility and the legal profession. Carrie Hempel (USC) and Grace Tonner (Michigan) will design our clinical and lawyering skills programs.

Dan Burk (Minnesota) is a top expert in intellectual property, an area of special emphasis here. Henry Weinstein, a UC Berkeley law graduate and 30-year veteran journalist with the Los Angeles Times, will teach writing and fact investigation.

We also have terrific faculty from other departments with joint appointments in the law school to bolster our interdisciplinary approach: Linda Cohen (economics), Joseph DiMento (environmental studies), Elizabeth Loftus (psychology) and Kerry Vandell (business).

As a new dean of a new school, I would benefit greatly from your help. I welcome your suggestions on how we can better train lawyers to meet the needs of the business community. In addition to giving your advice, I hope you will consider other ways to help our new law school. So far, more than 60 law firms and other employers have made a commitment to interview our students, for which we are grateful. Also, many have contributed to our scholarship fund, which will help us attract top students. I would very much appreciate your assistance in any form.

I look forward to a close relationship between the law school at the University of California, Irvine and the Orange County business and legal community.

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UCI's largest annual fundraising event, "A Celebration of Stars – The 2008 Medal Awards," took place on October 4 at UCIʼs Bren Events Center.

This year's event broke a new fundraising record with more than $2 million generated in gifts and pledges; net proceeds will benefit programs such as the Regents' Scholars Program and graduate fellowships.

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Freedom Communications Teaches, Touches and Transforms Lives Every Day, Everywhere

eaching, touching and transforming lives every day is something that privatelyowned media giant Freedom Communications does 24/7/365.

For more than seven decades, Freedomʼs proud heritage of stimulating people to think and learn, inspire dialogue and to respect the opinion giver as well as those who disagree, is the bedrock of its principles and purpose. As a local information provider—with its diverse portfolio of print and digital media—Freedom is committed to the delivery of timely, truthful, reliable and relevant information to its hundreds of thousands of customers across the country, around the clock.

“Serving our communities with quality journalism in our news and information portfolios is what Freedom does best,” says Freedomʼs Chief Executive Officer Scott Flanders.

“Freedom Communications is about teaching, touching and transforming the lives of our readers and viewers everywhere, everyday.”

A libertarian legacy Freedom proves its commitment to its communities as parent company of its flagship newspaper, The Orange County Register in Santa Ana, Calif. Founder R.C. Hoiles acquired the then-titled newspaper, The Santa Ana Register in 1935. More than seven decades later, the Registerʼs libertarian views are still legendary.

Today, Freedomʼs media businesses nationwide, demonstrate R.C.ʼs respect for our First Amendment rights to which he devoted his life in its 33 daily and 77 weekly newspapers across the country.

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Even as the media industry is in the midst of phenomenal and rapid change in the way it delivers information to meet the needs of its customers and advertisers, Freedomʼs tradition of a strong libertarian voice is unwavering. Freedomʼs commitment to bring a strong, uncensored voice in its newspapers for the individualʼs liberties does not change.

Stimulating people to think, learn and inspiring dialogue, stems from the core ideologies set forth by R.C., who believed the news business was one of the most important of all businesses.

The Freedom spirit today Today Freedomʼs stakeholders—including its family shareholders, owners, associates, customers and advertisers—uphold its proud heritage, also believing in the power of the media to touch and transform lives.

As a local media company, Freedom is transforming itself with targeted segmentation to extend its reach, touching even more lives, with diversification of all its print, broadcast and online media. In addition to the Register, Freedomʼs local brands in Orange County include Freedomʼs Interactive Division as well as the print and online editions of Coast and Preferred Destinations magazines and the Spanish-language newspaper, Excelsior.

“The unchanging foundation upon which Freedom has been built, serve to strengthen our will to make the changes that todayʼs marketplace requires,” says Flanders.

Freedom Communicationsʼ dedicated associates are committed to upholding R.C.ʼs principles and the companyʼs mission to be the indispensable source of information and entertainment and to promote the spirit of freedom in the communities we serve.

As an employer of choice, Freedom is also committed to providing a safe, stimulating, encouraging and rewarding workplace where its associates can grow their talents.

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It Matters: Meet Zofia

t began with a wood box. Four simple sides with a cover. This wasnʼt just any box. It was a Tzedakah box. And it belonged to five-year-old philanthropist Zofia Kirshbaum.

Before the Jewish Sabbath, Zofia would pass the special box around for charitable donations. Zofiaʼs parents, in keeping with the Jewish imperative to heal the world through good deeds, would fill it with coins and bills.

Zofiaʼs Tzedakah box, in many ways, embodies the values her parents have tirelessly instilled in her: compassion, the importance of family and a responsibility to help the needy.

These are the very values practiced everyday at UC Irvine Health Affairs, the recipient of Zofiaʼs largesse and where she and her younger sister Temma were born by emergency C-section. At UC Irvine, physicians provide compassionate care, while nurses treat patients like loved ones, alleviating their suffering with hugs, smiles and extra pillows. So committed is Zofia to UC Irvine and its vision of nursing the sick to health that she has asked her parents, friends and other loved ones to skip birthday toys and instead to make donations on her behalf to the university.

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e have the opportunity to create the ideal law

school for the 21st century. As part of the University of California and with a faculty drawn from the top law schools who are outstanding as teachers and scholars, we will do the best job of any law school in the country of preparing our students for the practice of law at the highest levels of the legal profession.”

THE UCI LAW ADVANTAGE

–Erwin Chemerinsky, Founding Dean

■ A chance to make history as part of the founding class of California’s first public law school in more than 40 years ■ Emphasis on hands-on learning, interdisciplinary study, public service, and student participation in school planning and programs ■ Faculty and staff from top 20 law schools and a 4-to-1 “Chemerinsky’s credentials are so long and his reputation so

student-to-faculty ratio,

sound that only those unfamiliar with them will be surprised to discover that he has assembled a list of 18 sterling academics and others who make up the first team of his developing academy. That’s a heartening achievement in his important

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mission, as UC Irvine is setting out to create this region’s first new public law school in generations.”

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60 students, which is by far the best in the country ■ Full-tuition scholarships for most if not all of the first incoming class of 60 students

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UCI Medal Awards give formal recognition to individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to the universityʼs mission, spirit and vision.

UC Irvine Pays Tribute to Medal Award Winners Past and Present

ponsored by the University of California, Irvine Foundation, for the first time ever, the 2008 Medal Ceremony, “A Celebration of Stars,” was held on campus over the course of two spectacular evenings.

The Parade of Medalists, on October 3 at the Irvine Barclay Theatre, paid tribute to the campusʼs past Medal winners – those individuals who have left an indelible mark on the campus and in the community. Providing the entertainment for the evening were two internationally renowned artists, Kinan Azmeh and Kevork Mourad, who collaborated to create a tapestry of music and painting.

Annual event breaks fundraising record UCIʼs largest annual fundraising event, “A Celebration of Stars – The 2008 Medal Awards,” took place on October 4 at UCIʼs Bren Events Center. The gala, attended by campus and community members, included entertainment by the Pacific Symphony; Grammy nominated beach band, Papa Doo Run Run; student performers from the Claire Trevor School of the Arts; and Kaba Modern – a campus dance troupe whose members were finalists on the nationally syndicated television show, “Americaʼs Best Dance Crew.”

This yearʼs event broke a new fundraising record with more than $2 million generated in gifts and pledges, net proceeds of which will benefit key campus programs such as the Regentsʼ Scholars program and graduate fellowships.

The gala celebrated the recipients of this yearʼs Medal awards, which annually give formal and lifelong recognition to individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to the universityʼs mission, spirit and vision. This yearʼs event was also the venue for the campus to announce its $1 billion Shaping the Future campaign.

2008 Medal recipients This yearʼs Medal honorees are: • Carol and Ralph Cicerone, an academic power couple known for their devotion to UCI. They came to UCI in 1989, and by the time they departed in 2005, when Ralph became pres-

ident of the National Academy of Sciences, they had left an indelible mark upon the campus. Ralph was UCIʼs fourth chancellor and is a renowned atmospheric chemist whose research on the role of chlorine in destroying stratospheric ozone was recognized in the citation for the 1995 Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded to UCI professor F. Sherwood Rowland. Carol, a respected professor of cognitive sciences, served on the Academic Senate Committee on Research and the UC Committee on Research Policy while at UCI. • James Mazzo, chairman and chief executive officer of Advanced Medical Optics, a global ophthalmic medical device company. At UCI, he is a Foundation trustee, a member of the Chancellorʼs Club and Engineering Advisory Board, and he chairs the capital campaign to establish the Gavin Herbert Eye Institute – a new research, education and treatment facility. He and his wife Kelly co-chaired the 2005 Medal event, which set a fundraising record at the time.

• Stanley van den Noort, a pioneer in multiple sclerosis education, research and patient care.

He came to UCI in 1970 as professor and chief of neurology, and built the department from the ground up, later serving as the dean of what is now the School of Medicine. An active volunteer for the Multiple Sclerosis Society for many years, he has served the organization as member and chair of the Medical Advisory Board, chair of the Clinical Care Committee, and co-chair of the Long-term Care Committee.

“A Celebration of Stars” – The Medal Awards is one of Orange Countyʼs premier events and was hosted by Chancellor Michael V. Drake, M.D. and the University of California, Irvine Foundation. Salma and Hazem Chehabi, M.D. served as the co-chairs for this yearʼs festivities.

“With Salmaʼs and Hazemʼs leadership, and the incredible dedication of our volunteer committee, this yearʼs Medal celebration was a tremendous success,” said Thomas Mitchell, vice chancellor of University Advancement and President of the University of California, Irvine Foundation. “We broke the event fundraising records, for the sixth straight year, and we have increased vital support for the universityʼs students and programs.”

Kinan Azmeh, Salma and Hazem Chehabi, M.D., Kevork Mourad

Brenda Drake, Elliot Frohman (for Stanley van den Noort), Ralph and Carol Cicerone, James Mazzo, Chancellor Michael V. Drake, M.D.

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Choose Nursing, Choose Hoag: Developing Nursing Education annd Enhanced Relationships with Nursing Schools

oag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian salutes the University of California, Irvine, in its mission to provide a strong research-based academic and professional program in Nursing Science that will prepare clinicians to provide evidence-based health care. UCI has demonstrated great foresight in establishing the nursing program in 2005, which has proven to be instrumental in supporting Californiaʼs growing health care needs of today.

Hoag would also like to honor UCIʼs dedicated nursing students who are preparing to take on these critical patient care roles that are so vital to our community.

As Californiaʼs population continues to age and expand while half of the stateʼs nurses advance towards retirement age, many hospitals have already faced an insufficient nursing staff and many more will be challenged with a severe nursing shortage. Nurses are the lifeblood of the high standards of patient care at Hoag Hospital. Choose Nursing, Choose Hoag is a Hoag Hospital Foundation task force, working to raise funds in support of Hoagʼs nursing education initiatives. It proactively addresses the challenges facing Hoag in attracting, developing, retaining and providing career advancement opportunities for nurses, and in turn helps aspiring students become new nurses, as well as orients new nurses to best practices before they step out onto the floor.

Choose Nursing, Choose Hoag has set the following objectives: • Endow nursing professorships and scholarships at local universities • Build Hoagʼs nursing staff to 75 percent BSNs and 20 percent MSNs • Provide operational expenses for the Marion Knott Nursing Education Center • Provide conferences, specialty training and continuing education for Hoag nurses • Educated the community about the nursing shortage and the need for nursing education • Retain Hoagʼs status as a Magnet hospital for excellence in nursing services • Seek community partners who recognize the importance of nursing and nursing education Hoagʼs leadership has approached this issue with vision and action. Choose Nursing, Choose Hoag calls for the further development of nursing education and enhanced relationships with nursing schools. Hoag is now funding 11 professorships at area nursing schools and the nurses from these programs are required to do their clinical rotation at the hospital. This builds relationships that have had a dramatic effect on nurse recruitment.

Marion Knott, former partner of Knottʼs Berry Farm, has stepped forward with a significant gift and a challenge to the community to support nursing education. The community answered with more than $4 million, and in 2007 the Marion Knott Nursing Education Center opened its doors.

The Marion Knott Nursing Education Center features dedicated classroom space and the latest technology, and is designed to enhance the skills of hospital nurses who today provide care for a much more complex patient than nurses have in the past. A significant step forward in Hoagʼs approach to meeting the challenge of the nursing shortage, the center serves to educate Hoagʼs current nursing staff, new hires and nursing students from area colleges performing clinical rotations at Hoag.

To learn more about the Choose Nursing, Choose Hoag initiatives, contact Heather Harwell at 949/764-7215 or by e-mail at heather.harwell@hoaghospital.org.

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Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian— Among Southern California’s Most Distinguished Medical Facilities

oag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian is an acute care, not-for-profit hospital located on Californiaʼs Orange County coastline between Los Angeles and San Diego. Fully accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, the Newport Beach hospital features centers of excellence that include Hoag Cancer Center, Hoag Heart and Vascular Institute, Hoag Neurosciences Institute, Hoag Orthopedic Services and Hoag Womenʼs Health Services, and offers advanced medical programs in many specialties. Since opening on September 15, 1952, Hoag has grown from 75 beds to 498; 68 doctors to over 1,000 and 60 employees to more than 4,000. Last year, Hoag treated nearly 27,000 inpatients and more than 320,000 outpatients.

Honors and endorsements Hoagʼs quality is endorsed by several health care industry organizations and is continually recognized on a local and national level. Orange County residents have named Hoag the Consumer Choice Award winner for 12 years in a row, based on a National Research Corporation (NRC) poll, as well as the countyʼs top hospital for 12 years in a local newspaper survey.

This year, Hoag has ranked among the top five percent of hospitals nationwide, receiving the 2008 Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence by HealthGrades, the nationʼs leading provider of independent hospital ratings. And in 2007, the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) designated Hoag a Magnet hospital for excellence in nursing services.

Full spectrum of health services Hoag Hospital offers a comprehensive mix of health care services to treat virtually any routine or complex medical condition. Through its more than 1,200-member medical staff, state-of the-art equipment and modern facilities, Hoag provides a full spectrum of health care services including, but not limited to: • cardiology and cardiovascular surgery • chemical dependency • community medicine • comprehensive cancer services • critical care • general acute medical and surgical services • neurological and neurosurgical services • orthopedics and joint replacement • radiology (e.g., MRI, CT and PET) • robotics • specialty programs such as sleep disorders and epilepsy • womenʼs health services • and many other scientific and technical services needed to treat patients.

Emergency room care also plays a key role, as approximately 42 percent of the hospitalʼs inpatients come through the emergency department. In addition to the increased space and equipment added during a 1995 renovation, Hoagʼs emergency efforts are supported by life-flight helicopter services and a paramedic radio base station. In 2006, there were 66,000 emergency department visits, meaning the emergency department staff treats approximately 181 patients each day.

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