UC Davis received a $75 million gift for the Weill School of Veterinary Medicine, officials announced, marking the second-largest individual gift in the school’s history. The donors are Bay Area philanthropists Kathy Chiao and Ken Hao. The funding will support a new small animal hospital—named for Chiao and Hao—designed to expand yearly patient care from 50,000 to 75,000. The gift also supports translational medicine, services for clients who cannot afford veterinary care, and veterinary student scholarships. UC Davis also plans to increase each class size for veterinary students from 600 to 800 over the next several years. In their remarks, the donors connected the investment to human and animal health and to research links between veterinary medicine and human life sciences. For higher education institutions, the development signals continued high-impact philanthropic investment tied to capacity expansion and applied health outcomes across academic medicine and research pipelines.