November 1, 2022 9:43 am
Published by Wayan Kaufman
Broadcom Foundation and Society for Science today announced that Thomas Aldous, 14, from Pittsburgh, Penn., won the coveted $25,000 Samueli Foundation Prize, the top award in the Broadcom MASTERS®, the nation’s premier science and engineering competition for middle school students. Thomas impressed the judges with his leadership style, collaborative spirit, and innovative research project. He designed and developed a robotic hand that can be used in situations that might be too dangerous for humans, like a natural disaster.
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August 1, 2022 12:00 pm
Published by Wayan Kaufman
In the single largest donation pledge that UC Irvine has received for studies on Jewish history and culture, the university has been promised a $4 million matching gift to benefit its growing Center for Jewish Studies, university officials said Monday, Aug. 1.
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May 31, 2022 12:00 pm
Published by Wayan Kaufman
A new commentary published in JAMA Health Affairs by Bryant Adibe, MD, and Wayne Jonas, MD, Executive Director, Integrative Health Programs, introducing a new model of health-care delivery designed to address the causes of our nation’s health decline. The model reframes our focus and describes the operational processes needed for promoting health and lowering costs in the health-care system.
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April 26, 2022 9:32 am
Published by Wayan Kaufman
The Samueli Foundation is proud to provide funding support for the Magnoila AgriScience Community Center at Magnolia High School in Anaheim.
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March 21, 2022 9:28 am
Published by Wayan Kaufman
It’s time to put the hard hats away at Samueli Academy. The Santa Ana-based public charter school recently completed its campus construction after a decade of a capital campaign, with the opening of a gymnasium and soccer field on the 7.1-acre campus. Samueli Academy is a program of nonprofit Orangewood Foundation, which also announced that the school’s 10-year, multiphase capital campaign is now complete. A total of $72 million was raised for the improvements.
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March 10, 2022 2:13 pm
Published by Wayan Kaufman
U.S. health care systems and clinics report reducing costs, improving patient experience and health, while enhancing clinician wellbeing by delivering integrative care, according to a new white paper published by The Family Medicine Education Consortium and Samueli Foundation. The Case for Delivering Whole-Person Health Care details how shifting treatment practices to a whole-person approach that integrates evidence-based conventional medicine, non-drug treatments, and self-care can help achieve far-reaching systemic improvements.
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February 1, 2022 11:15 am
Published by Wayan Kaufman
By late spring 2023, the first residents may be moving into new permanent housing that will be built at the Salvation Army Orange County’s Anaheim campus. The 70 apartments and the services to be provided for those living there are intended for people emerging from homelessness who need extra help and support to get back on track. The project, which broke ground Monday, is part of the nonprofit’s long-term vision for its “Center of Hope,” which also includes emergency shelter and a substance abuse recovery program.
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September 21, 2021 9:18 am
Published by Wayan Kaufman
UC Irvine has created a photo blog to document the progress from the ground breaking to the opening of the new Susan & Henry Samueli College of Health Sciences and the Sue & Bill Gross Nursing & Health Sciences Hall. Updated monthly, the blog includes photographs, as well as a live webcam.
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August 18, 2021 8:00 am
Published by Wayan Kaufman
Shlomo Markel, DSc, has been named as the new Director of Jewish and Israel Philanthropy at the Samueli Foundation, effective on August 18, 2021.
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July 7, 2021 2:13 pm
Published by Wayan Kaufman
The UCLA Samueli School of Engineering is proud to welcome three new faculty members to its growing roster of nearly 200 full-time professors. The recruitment is part of the school’s Mentor Professor Program, a new initiative designed to hire faculty with a demonstrated record of, or who show exceptional promise for, mentorship of students from underrepresented and underserved populations.
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