University of California - Irvine. Shaping the Future

Academic Convener:

Deborah Lowe Vandell

Deborah Lowe Vandell is the Chair of the Department of Education at the University of California, Irvine. She holds a joint appointment in the Department of Psychology and Social Behavior. Prior to these appointments, Professor Deborah Lowe Vandell was the Sears Bascom Professor of Education at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

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Trustee Leader:

Ted Smith

Ted Smith, founder and retired chairman of FileNet Corporation, has been in the computer industry since 1960. After founding FileNet in 1982, Smith led the company as chairman and CEO until 1998 and continued as a member of the board of directors until the acquisition of the company by IBM in October 2006. Revenue for the year 2005 was $421 million.

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Laudati Gifts Support Campus Libraries

A significant gift to the UCI Libraries will create the Hector D. Laudati and Caroline A. Laudati Library Endowed Fund in memory of the donor's late father and aunt. The Laudati Endowed Fund will provide unrestricted support for the Libraries at the University Librarian's discretion.

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UC Irvine is studying how people learn at all stages of life. That’s important in the classroom. It’s also important to our parents and grandparents as they struggle with memory problems. We’re finding better ways to teach and better ways to help people remember life’s most precious memories.

Learning and the Mind Brain Imaging Center Alzheimer's

Huntington's Disease Frontiers in Mind, Brain & Behavior More Learning Initiatives

We dream big at the University of California, Irvine. We've always chosen to direct the power of research, scholarship and teaching towards finding real answers to the world's toughest problems. Today, let us renew that vision with you.