$5 million from Boeing will support UCLA quantum science and technology research May 19, 2022 The funds will support faculty at the UCLA Center for Quantum Science and Engineering.
UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability receives $1.5 million pledge from founding director April 13, 2022 The gift from Richard Turco and his wife, Linda Turco, will support students engaged in environmental research.
With $5 million from Herb Alpert Foundation, UCLA to introduce state-of-the-art music practice rooms March 31, 2022 Construction is set to begin this summer for the 46 practice rooms, which have not been fully refurbished in nearly 70 years.
UCLA receives $5 million to help translate promising research from lab to clinic March 21, 2022 A gift from the Alfred E. Mann Family Foundation will support research at the Broad Stem Cell Research Center and California NanoSystems Institute.
$2 million from Pritzker Foundation establishes chair in sustainability at UCLA Engineering March 8, 2022 Gaurav Sant, director of the Institute for Carbon Management at UCLA, was appointed the inaugural chairholder.
UCLA Engineering receives $21 million pledge from Chan Zuckerberg Initiative February 10, 2022 The funds will support research by the Institute for Carbon Management on climate change solutions.
Former faculty member gives UCLA $10 million to advance ocular genetics research February 7, 2022 A gift from Dr. Bronwyn Bateman will establish a new center at the UCLA Stein Eye Institute.
UCLA food studies institute to tackle global food challenges January 24, 2022 The institute will collaborate with a community of chefs and scholars in pursuit of a healthier population and planet.
UCLA Athletics receives $1.3 million to focus on women student-athletes January 13, 2022 The gift establishes the Mark Kalmansohn UCLA Assistant Softball Coach Endowment and provides the seed gift to create the Women of Westwood Endowment.
$1 million grant from Delta Dental establishes scholarship at UCLA School of Dentistry January 12, 2022 The grant will fund awards to D.D.S. students with an interest in working in underserved communities.
UCLA Athletics receives $1 million to endow softball head coach position January 3, 2022 The gift is from Shelly Carlin, a member of the Bruins’ 1982 national championship team.
$1 million from Attanasio family will support UCLA geriatric research, education and care December 13, 2021 The gift will in part fund the research of Dr. Deena Goldwater, a UCLA geriatric cardiologist.
UCLA’s Congo Basin Institute receives $1 million from Bob and Cindy Taylor November 4, 2021 Gifts from the couple are supporting research on the ecology of ebony, a community-driven replanting program and rainforest restoration.
Barbra Streisand to fund forward-looking institute at UCLA focused on solving societal challenges October 18, 2021 The institute will conduct research into climate change, the dynamics of gender relationships and power, the arts and countering disinformation.
UCLA raises $611 million in 2020–21, supporting students and advancing critical research October 4, 2021 Donors during the past year hailed from all 50 states and 72 nations; nearly 95% of gifts were less than $10,000.
UCLA establishes endowed chair in honor of longtime faculty member Dr. Marjorie Fine August 5, 2021 Dr. Catherine Juillard was appointed to hold the chair in general clinical surgery.
UCLA receives $1 million challenge grant to expand teaching in Israel studies July 21, 2021 The grant is from the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation, which has generously supported the program for more than 15 years.
Hammer Museum honors artists with awards for ‘Made in L.A. 2020: a version’ July 15, 2021 A new $5.15 million gift from Jarl and Pamela Mohn will endow future biennials and awards.
UCLA honors Arline and Henry Gluck with Fiat Lux Award June 25, 2021 The couple was recognized for their advocacy, community service and support of UCLA Health’s mobile stroke care unit.
UCLA receives $1.45 million bequest for research related to artist Raphael Montañez Ortiz June 23, 2021 The gift marks the largest contribution to date to the Chicano Studies Research Center.
Friends rally around late alumnus to support scholarship at UCLA TFT June 21, 2021 Ron Baham was “the king of north campus” in the mid-80s and recently his friends raised more than $100,000 to transform a scholarship in his name into an endowment.
UCLA donors combine efforts to honor esteemed orthopaedic surgeon June 1, 2021 Dr. Nicholas Bernthal was named the inaugural Jeffrey J. Eckardt, M.D., Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery.
UCLA receives $1 million to support foster youth in Bruin Guardian Scholars Program May 24, 2021 The program provides financial assistance, mentoring and other support for more than 200 students.
Mother honors daughter’s memory by endowing UCLA chair in liver transplantation May 21, 2021 Dr. Fady Kaldas has been named the inaugural holder of the Kelly Lee Tarantello Endowed Term Chair in Integrative Liver Transplantation.
UCLA establishes William and Patricia Oppenheim Presidential Chair in Pediatric Orthopaedics May 13, 2021 Dr. Rachel Mednick Thompson is the inaugural chair holder.