In this edition of UCI Magazine, we highlight the launch of Brilliant Future: the Campaign for UCI – the second such comprehensive endeavor in the university’s history. Our cover story, “Funding the Future”, explains UCI’s $2 billion fundraising and alumni engagement effort – and its goals of advancing the American dream, transforming healthcare and wellness, accelerating world-changing research and exploring the human experience – while “Making ‘First Choice’ Possible” introduces four of UCI’s best and brightest student scholarship recipients.