UC Irvine Giving Day 2025 has ended!
            
        UC Irvine Giving Day 2025
School of Physical Sciences
                        
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                    Events
                
                Don't miss the chance to multiply your impact, thanks to gift matching opportunities from some of our most generous donors.
Past Events
                        Last But Not Least Challenge
                    
                    
                        Congratulations to Anita Fredieu! Your gift of $100+ to the Black Alumni Chapter was the last gift of $100+ received on Giving Day! You just unlocked $1000 in bonus funds for your chapter scholarship!
                    
                        
                        
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                        Early Bird Challenge
                    
                    
                        Congratulations to our Early Bird Winners: Lori Sobel (Anteater Grant Initiatives), Charmaine Platon (Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing), Alia Aljunied (School of Social Sciences) and Keith Monzon (Disability Services Center). $500 in bonus funds will be added to each of these campaigns because you showed your support early!
                    
                        
                        
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                        Brilliant Future Challenge
                    
                    
                        The top-3 schools with the largest growth in donors over last year's Giving Day will share a bonus prize of $5,000!
                    
                | Rank | Prize | School | % +/- | Goal | 
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| 1 | $2,500 | School of Social Sciences | +86.11% | 67 goal: 36 | 
| 2 | $1,500 | School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences | +73.33% | 52 goal: 30 | 
| 3 | $1,000 | School of Education | +47.24% | 187 goal: 127 | 
| 4 | Donald Bren School of ICS | +42.68% | 117 goal: 82 | |
| 5 | School of Medicine | +36.84% | 52 goal: 38 | |
| 6 | Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing | +36.84% | 52 goal: 38 | |
| 7 | Joe C. Wen School of Population & Public Health | +26.00% | 63 goal: 50 | |
| 8 | School of Social Ecology | +20.97% | 75 goal: 62 | |
| 9 | Dunlop School of Biological Sciences | +8.20% | 66 goal: 61 | |
| 10 | Claire Trevor School of the Arts | +5.15% | 143 goal: 136 | |
| 11 | The Henry Samueli School of Engineering | +3.94% | 132 goal: 127 | |
| 12 | School of Physical Sciences | 0.00% | 46 goal: 46 | |
| 13 | School of Humanities | -7.46% | 62 goal: 67 | |
| 14 | School of Law | -10.53% | 68 goal: 76 | |
| 15 | The Paul Merage School of Business | -30.00% | 84 goal: 120 | 
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                        Physical Sciences David and Valerie Murphy 20 Gifts Challenge to Liftoff
                    
                    
                        Once we reach 20 gifts to any School of Physical Sciences fund, a generous gift of $5,000 from David ’78 and Valerie Murphy will be unlocked!
                    
                    
                    
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                        Physical Sciences John and Evelyn Gerace 30 Gifts Challenge for Health
                    
                    
                        Once we reach 30 gifts to any School of Physical Sciences fund, a generous gift of $5,000 from John ’87 and Evelyn ’88 Gerace will be unlocked to support Health initiatives under EarthRise Physical Sciences.
                    
                    
                    
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                        Physical Sciences Michael Thacher $5,000 Challenge for Climate
                    
                    
                        Double your impact! Once $5,000 has been raised collectively across the School of Physical Sciences, a $5,000 to support Climate initiatives from Physical Sciences Board Member Michael Thacher will be unlocked!
                    
                    
                    
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                        Physical Sciences SoCalGas $5,000 Matching Gift for Energy
                    
                    
                        Double your impact! Every gift made to the EarthRise Physical Sciences fund will be matched, dollar-for-dollar, up to $5,000, by SoCalGas!
                    
                        
                        
                                    $2,175 MATCHED
                                
                                
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                        1965 Challenge
                    
                    
                        Congratulations to Daphne Beltran - your gift, our 1,965th of this Giving Day, just unlocked $1,965 in bonus funds for the Womxn's Center for Success! Thank you to alum and trustee, Terry Godfrey ’86 and Stephen Godfrey, for sponsoring this challenge!
                    
                        
                        
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                        Giving Day V.I.A. Early Bird Challenge
                    
                    
                        Congratulations to our VIA Early Bird Challenge Winners: Derrick Wong (School of Social Sciences), Irene and Curtis Endow (UC Irvine Fund), and Kevin Robinson (UC Irvine Libraries)! Because of your continued Giving Day support, $1000 in bonus funds will be allocated to these campaigns!
                    
                        
                        
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                        Parent Power Hour 50 Gifts for $25,000 Challenge
                    
                    
                        Congratulations to our UC Irvine Parents for knocking this challenge out of the park! 50 Gifts reached with plenty of time to spare. Let's keep the momentum going!
                    
                    
                    
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                        Physical Sciences Eddleman Quantum Institute 40 Gifts Challenge for Quantum
                    
                    
                        Once we reach 40 gifts to any School of Physical Sciences fund, a generous gift of $5,000 from the Eddleman Quantum Institute will be unlocked to support students pursuing quantum sciences research.
                    
                    
                    
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                        Physical Sciences Julie Hill $5,000 Matching Gift for EarthRise
                    
                    
                        Double your impact! Every gift made to the EarthRise Physical Sciences fund will be matched, dollar-for-dollar, up to $5,000 by UC Irvine Foundation Trustee Julie Hill!
                    
                        
                        
                                    $2,175 MATCHED
                                
                                
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                        Physical Sciences Ruth Ann and John Evans 50 Gifts Challenge for Beyond
                    
                    
                        Once we reach 50 gifts to any School of Physical Sciences fund, a generous gift of $5,000 from Ruth Ann and John Evans will be unlocked to support Beyond initiatives under EarthRise Physical Sciences.
                    
                    
                    
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                        Social Media Challenge
                    
                    
                        Show your UC Irvine pride! Post on social media with #UCIGivingDay and let us know what you care about most at UC Irvine. We'll be selecting and featuring our favorite posts, and if we feature yours, $500 will be donated in your honor to the initiative mentioned in your post!
                    
                        
                        
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