With record-setting gift endowed chairs, James C. Wyant College of Optical Sciences benefactors set the stage for a radiant future while honoring luminaries past.

For almost anyone who spends time on campus in Tucson, “Bear Down, Arizona,” the fight song that turns 70 years old this year, might as well be a permanent fixture on Billboard’s Hot 100.

Just as music theory finds concrete expression in four-part counterpoint and sports analytics become more than data via high-level athletic performance, so does translational research in medicine morph whiteboard thoughts into actionable results.

UAHA, 40 years old this fall, eases access to school for top-notch students and offers mentorship and community, working in cooperation with the Mexican American Studies Department and the Adalberto and Ana Guerrero Student Center.

With a $1.5 million gift to UArizona and a plan to give an additional $1 million, the couple will establish the Gregory H. and Lisa S. Boyce Endowed Department Leadership Chair in Mining and Geological Engineering.

The Tucson Foundations are the embodiment of collective giving. Directed by the Lohse family, the 11 private foundations that make up the Tucson Foundations are committed to supporting the communities of Southern Arizona.

With a $1.5 million gift to UArizona, and a plan to give an additional $1 million, the couple will establish the Gregory H. And Lisa S. Boyce Endowed Department Leadership Chair in Mining and Geological Engineering.

A $2.5 million charitable grant to the University of Arizona from Roshan Cultural Heritage Institute will advance scholarship in Persian and Iranian studies and support an endowed professorship and graduate student fellowships.

Arizona Football letter winner and longtime University of Arizona supporter Douglas Allred has given gifts totaling $4.8 million to Arizona Athletics. The funds will support program enhancements for the football and men's basketball programs as well as the Lute Olson Endowment for Excellence in Men's Basketball.

Patricia and Bruce Bartlett are the most generous donors to the University of Arizona’s Strategic Alternative Learning Techniques Center and longtime university supporters. Their gift will support over 700 students who utilize the SALT center's services.