Pete Townshend of The Who and Rachel Fuller give to UCLA for scholarships, concerts
The gift will support Herb Alpert School of Music cello students and UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance.
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UCLA establishes endowed chair in Alzheimer’s research with $1 million from French Foundation
The faculty position will focus on researching the disorder and pursuing new insights into its treatment.
$1 million gift builds support for UCLA summer research program at Peking University
The contribution expands a scholarship fund that Gene and Sharon Chang established in 2019.
UCLA raises $5.49 billion in one of most ambitious campaigns ever by a public university
About 81% of the gifts were less than $1,000, indicating the broad-based support for the campus’s mission.
Q&A: How UCLA managed its most ambitious campaign ever
Vice Chancellor Rhea Turteltaub discusses the factors that ignited the campaign and why there is cause for even more optimism about the campus’s future.
UCLA receives Stradivarius, Seraphin violins from Twiford Foundation
“Any school in the world would dream of having these instruments in their possession,” said Movses Pogossian, professor of violin.
UCLA Law launches Center for Immigration Law and Policy with $5 million commitment
The gift, from alumna Alicia Miñana and her husband, Rob Lovelace, establishes a hub that will engage scholars, community organizations, practitioners and lawmakers.
$18 million gift will expand whole-person care for patients and families facing cancer
The funds will help the Simms/Mann–UCLA Center for Integrative Oncology expand its reach to community clinics.
UCLA psychology department receives $30 million from Anthony & Jeanne Pritzker Family Foundation
UCLA’s Psychology Tower has been renamed Pritzker Hall in recognition of the gift.
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.