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$50,000 for an Endowed Award for Future Computer Scientists & Engineers

The Alice Y. Wu Memorial Award has raised over $25,000 from more than 145 donors since 2018. Thank you for your support! We hope to raise $25,000 more to improve support for students just like Alice. This would mean increasing the annual award for a recipient  from $1,000 to $2,000 to provide financial aid for future computer scientists and engineers.
Help us reach our goal!

Support Students in Memory of Alice Wu

The Alice Y. Wu Memorial Award aims to support those students majoring in Computer Science who are also involved in campus, community leadership or volunteer experience with humanitarian causes. The award is open to undergraduate students who are juniors or seniors with demonstrated academic success. The Department of Computer Science and Engineering will nominate and select the deserving recipient(s).

Honor Alice’s legacy and support diversity and humanitarianism in computer science and engineering by donating to the Alice Y. Wu Memorial Award. 

All gifts are 100% tax deductible. Apply for corporate matching gifts if you work for a company that offers a Matching Gifts Program*.


Past Recipients of the Alice Y. Wu Memorial Award

2024   Anuj Jain



2023  — Ryan Lay



2022  — Kenneth Chen


 

About Alice

Alice Y. Wu was an amazing individual whose spirit continues to impact lives every day. She was a talented software engineer with a big heart and a commitment to helping the underserved. With this award, we honor Alice's legacy and motivate students to grow both academically and socially.

Alice was the first child of Chinese parents who emigrated from Guangzhou to Cupertino, California when she was five years old. While obtaining her bachelor’s degree in Computer Science at UC San Diego, Alice was very involved on campus while balancing studies and extracurriculars. She joined the Kappa Zeta Phi sorority, serving as Vice President of Community Service, sang with two a cappella choirs, volunteered at the Friends of Cats animal shelter, worked as a computer science tutor, and completed an engineering internship at Broadcom Corporation.

After graduation, Alice spent nearly five years as a software engineer at Intuit. She was highly regarded by everyone who was fortunate enough to work with her because of her talent, high sense of accountability, and teamwork.

Alice’s kindness and humanistic philosophy touched the lives of many. She mentored college students and high school girls in science and technology, and was dedicated to upholding her causes of human rights, education, and environmental issues. Read her full bio here.

On behalf of her family and friends, thank you for joining our effort.

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*When submitting matching gifts from your company, you will need to include a copy of the official receipt you receive in the mail, which includes the UC San Diego Foundation’s Tax ID number. For questions, email matchinggifts@ucsd.edu.

For information on how your donations work, see How Endowments Work.

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