UC Irvine Receives Record $200M Donation To Establish Health Sciences College
The college will be named after philanthropists Susan and Henry Samueli and focus on an approach that incorporates conventional medicine, complementary and alternative medicines and “self-care."
Los Angeles Times:
Corona Del Mar’s Samuelis Donate Record $200 Million To UCI To Establish Health Sciences College
UC Irvine officials Monday announced the university’s largest gift ever — a $200-million donation from Corona del Mar philanthropists Susan and Henry Samueli that will establish a health sciences college in their name. The grant is the seventh-largest gift to a single public university. The Susan and Henry Samueli College of Health Sciences will focus on integrated health, defined by university officials as a healthcare approach that incorporates conventional medicine, complementary and alternative medicines and “self-care,” which emphasizes evidence-based behavioral and nutritional approaches that promote wellness. (Zint, 9/18)
Los Angeles Times:
UC Irvine Aims To Transform Public Health With Record-Breaking $200-Million Donation
Susan Samueli caught a cold while visiting France more than three decades ago. Instead of the usual medicines, a friend suggested aconite, a homeopathic remedy derived from a plant in the buttercup family. She was cured — and became a lifelong advocate of homeopathy and other alternative healing methods to complement conventional medicine. Her husband, Henry — the billionaire co-founder of Broadcom, the Irvine semiconductor maker — says he was initially skeptical but found the integrative health approach helped him easily shake off colds and flus and kept their children healthy without antibiotics. (Watanabe, 9/18)
In other news —
The San Diego Union-Tribune:
IBM Gives UC San Diego $10 Million To Find Better Ways To Detect Memory Loss
IBM has given UC San Diego a $10 million contract to search for ways to preserve people’s ability to think and remember things clearly to help seniors live in their own homes late into life, perhaps until they die. The money is aimed at a problem that trips up many older adults — mild cognitive impairment, a condition that can make it difficult to remember simple things like a name, and how do basic tasks like balance a checkbook. (Robbins, 9/18)