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UCLA receives $25 million from Uniqlo founder for Japanese literature and culture studies
The gift is the largest from an individual donor in the history of the UCLA College’s humanities division.
The UCLA Foundation names new chair-elect
Craig Ehrlich, who graduated from UCLA in 1978, will take over leadership of the foundation’s board July 1.
UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music receives $3 million to renovate theater
The theater was renamed Lani Hall in honor of Alpert’s wife, the singer Lani Hall.
UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television receives $10 million commitment from Elizabeth and Kenneth Whitney
The revitalization of the Ralph Freud Playhouse is scheduled for completion in 2024.
David Geffen adds $46 million to landmark medical scholarships program
The reinvestment brings his total giving to UCLA to more than $450 million, including nearly $250 million during the Centennial Campaign.
UCLA to launch institute to advance scholarship on Armenia and its diaspora
The interdisciplinary institute is the first initiative of its size and scope. It is being created with a $20 million gift from the estate of philanthropist and entrepreneur Kirk Kerkorian.
$20 million fundraising initiative will support efforts to improve treatment for lung disease
The funds will support the work of Dr. John Belperio and Dr. Joseph Lynch III in the division of pulmonary and critical care medicine.
$10 million gift will provide scholarships to UCLA students from middle-income families
The contribution from philanthropist Steve Tisch will also create an endowed fund to challenge other donors to contribute.
$6 million in gifts boosts entertainment law program
The funds will add scholarships and new curriculum for the renamed Ziffren Institute for Media, Entertainment, Technology and Sports Law.
UCLA receives $20 million to establish UCLA Bedari Kindness Institute
The gift, from Jennifer and Matthew C. Harris, will support research on building more humane societies.
$1 million gift establishes faculty chair in health care management at UCLA
The chair is named in honor of Dr. Paul Torrens, who has been on the school’s faculty since 1972.
UCLA introduces scholarship named for Beach Boys legend Brian Wilson
“I hope that the UCLA students who it supports will help lead the next wave of great musicians,” the celebrated composer-arranger-producer said.
UCLA Congo Basin Institute receives $1 million from Pritzker Family Foundation
Tony Pritzker said the gift is an investment in “research that will help sustain the future of our planet.”
UCLA receives $10 million from The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation
The gift will help bridge the so-called “valley of death” in laboratory research, when lack of funding prevents promising discoveries from reaching clinical trials.
UCLA receives $20 million gift to propel diversity and ethics in entertainment
The donation from the Patricia W. Mitchell Trusts will also support the UCLA Film & Television Archive.
Professors leave estate gift of $10.5 million for undergraduate scholarships
The bequest by Sidney Roberts and Clara Szego Roberts reflects the couple’s backgrounds — both benefited from college scholarships — and their passion for science and the arts.
UCLA professor’s last gift will support research in cancer and stem cell biology
The donation establishes the Doumani Research Innovation Fund, which will support translating scientific discoveries into new treatments for people with cancer.
Henry and Susan Samueli give $100 million to expand UCLA’s engineering school
The couple have now given more than $188 million to UCLA and more than $478 million overall to the University of California system.
$1.5 million in grants to UCLA from Ford Foundation will support immigrant youth, low-wage workers
Funds will be directed to the the UCLA Labor Center and the UCLA Institute for Immigration, Globalization, and Education.
UCLA establishes endowed chair in art with $2 million from Lynda and Stewart Resnick
The position will be held by a distinguished faculty member in the department of art who is also a respected practitioner.
Longtime UCLA donors establish faculty chair in restorative dentistry
The Naomi and Jim Ellison Endowed Chair is the dental school’s third new endowed chair in the past three years and 12th overall.
UCLA Operation Mend receives $1 million gift for veterans’ mental health services
The Thalians has directed its philanthropy toward UCLA Operation Mend since 2011, including a $1 million gift in 2014
UCLA Samueli receives $5 million gift for Women in Engineering program
The donation from alumna Stacey Nicholas create a permanent funding source for WE@UCLA, which was founded in 2017.
$20 million from W.M. Keck Foundation to UCLA will enhance patient experience, spur medical research
The foundation, established in 1954 by the founder of Superior Oil, is one of the most prolific funders of scientific, engineering and biomedical research.