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A new east entrance to UC Santa Barbara is one of many new building projects under way to improve the campus’s physical environment and to enhance teaching and research. Building Premier Facilities An unprecedented era of new construction to build premier facilities equal to the growing reputation of UC Santa Barbara as a leading research university is under way. As Chancellor Henry T. Yang has said, “A world-class university must have a physical presence to match.” A dynamic new east entrance to UCSB with a gateway arch named for benefactors Jeff Henley ’66, and his wife, Judy, featuring a traffic circle, new lighting, and landscaping, all made possible by campaign donations is in progress. Additional project benefactors are Robert and Trish Duggan, Marvel Kirby ’51, Fredric E. Steck Jr. ’67, and an anonymous donor. Construction has also begun on the privately funded Carsey-Wolf Center for Film, Television, and New Media, part of a state-funded academic building complex for the College of Letters and Science and the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education that will house the newly established Eli and Edythe L. Broad Center for Asperger Research and the enhanced Koegel Autism Research and Training Center. The Broad Center will be the first research and training facility in the country devoted to developing treatments and ultimately finding a cure for individuals with Asperger’s Syndrome, a prevalent form of highfunctioning autism characterized by difficulties with social communication. In addition, the Mosher Alumni House recently opened to welcome returning graduates and visitors to UC Santa Barbara. More than $11.8 million already has been raised for the $12.5 million building project. partners in innovation • 4
Thinking Big at the Nanoscale Evelyn Hu, Peter J. Clarke Professor and Director of the California NanoSystems Institute, said the Elings and Wells gift will allow the institute to launch new research and education programs that “may define critical pathways in science and engineering for the next decade and beyond.” Virgil Elings and Betty Elings Wells have made a $12.5 million gift to UC Santa Barbara to support pioneering research and education at the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI). In recognition of their generous contribution, the new building that is home to the prestigious California Institute for Science and Innovation has been named Elings Hall. The Elings and Wells gift is the largest contribution to The Campaign for UC Santa Barbara thus far. The CNSI is a multidisciplinary research partnership between UCLA and UCSB established by the state in 2000 with the support of the state legislature and California industry. By exploring the power and potential of manipulating structures molecule-by-molecule, the institute is on its way to creating revolutionary new materials, devices, and systems that will enhance virtually every aspect of our lives. The Elings and Wells gift will significantly advance nanoscience research at the institute as well as in engineering and the sciences. It will provide $9 million in unrestricted support to develop and implement innovative research and education initiatives and create new laboratory facilities. In addition, a $3.5 million endowment for the CNSI will generate ongoing resources to build and sustain state-of-the-art programs. Virgil Elings is a former UCSB professor of physics and an entrepreneur who made fundamental contributions leading to the scientific revolution at the nanoscale. partners in innovation • 5
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