UC Irvine’s nationally ranked Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences began as an academic department in 1968, in recognition of the emerging importance of this new field. Established as a school in 2002, ICS was renamed in June 2004 after benefactor Donald Bren, whose generous support of the school’s intellectual capital will serve generations of students to come. The school dedicated its newest high-tech facility, Donald Bren Hall, in June 2007.