The new Donald Bren Hall at UC Irvine is home to wide-ranging information and computer sciences research and learning.
“Research provides the underpinnings of knowledge development and innovative thinking. My commitment to supporting leading researchers and students as they pursue problem-solving techniques and methodologies is based in my interest in providing the necessary resources to pursue excellence in these fields.”
— Donald Bren
Donald Bren's major contributions to leading research institutions are creating new opportunities for scientists, medical researchers and scholars. These range from finding cures for human diseases and improving humans' overall quality of life, to ushering in advances in computer science that improve the way individuals conduct their lives, how entire corporations operate, to environmental problem-solving through an unusual interdisciplinary approach.
- Burnham Institute for Medical Research (La Jolla, CA): Major financial contributions from Mr. Bren are helping support the institute's pioneering research in the areas of cancer, neurosciences and aging, and infectious and inflammatory diseases.
- Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at UC Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, CA): Mr. Bren's philanthropy is ushering in groundbreaking research that advances an interdisciplinary approach to integrating science, management, law, economics and policy in the school’s curriculum.
- Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences at UC Irvine (Irvine, CA): Mr. Bren's major gifts to the school are charting new research paths for students and faculty. The school — the only one of its kind in the entire University of California system — conducts a full range of research, from computer systems built on chips smaller than a human fingernail, to leveraging computer science to analyze and improve biological research.
