Stepping up: UCLA Foundation gives $5 million for student financial aid
The funds will be allocated to scholarships and COVID-19 emergency support.
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UCLA creates nursing fellowship for Gluck Stroke Rescue Program with $1 million gift
“We’re proud to be assisting UCLA, which helps all people with the same high level of care,” said Mark Wittcoff.
UCLA launches Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience
The center, formed thanks to a $6.75 million gift, will foster artistic creativity, scholarship, performance and cultural expression.
Gift of $1 million will help UCLA support young patients and their families
The donation from Ken and Linda Suslow will help UCLA's Chase Child Life Program and create a patient emergency fund at UCLA Health.
$3M commitment from Berggruen Institute to support UCLA research partnership
The gift to the Luskin School of Public Affairs will advance global understanding of what makes governments effective.
UCLA Clark Library gains works by artist Paul Landacre
The gift from Robert and Toni Crisell highlights the legacy of and artistic practice of the 20th-century Southern California wood engraver and naturalist.
UCLA faculty couple leaves nearly $9 million for psychology, music and other programs
The late Bernice Wenzel and Wendell “Jeff” Jeffrey, both UCLA professors, were well known for their longtime commitment to the university.
UCLA Law receives $15 million to boost study of Native American law and policy
The gift is the largest ever contribution that a tribe has made to a law school and one of the biggest in history from a tribe to a university.
UCLA receives $2.9 million for fine arts scholarships from late philanthropist Elaine Krown Klein
There have been 225 recipients of the scholarships since 1989. Another 13 recipients will begin their studies in the fall.
NBA star and alumnus Kevin Love to fund chair in psychology
The former Bruins basketball player has committed $500,000 through his foundation — matched by a $500,000 UCLA Centennial Term Chair Match.
UCLA receives $1 million from alumna to support students in financial need
The Kellie Newcomb Hepper and Jeffrey Hepper Centennial Scholarship is open to undergraduates in any field who are struggling economically.
UCLA receives $1 million for COVID-19 Rapid Response Initiative
The gift will advance research being led by professors Anne Rimoin and Grace Aldrovandi.
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.
$2 million commitment from W. M. Keck Foundation creates COVID-19 research fund at UCLA
The gift will support research aimed at understanding the SARS-CoV2 virus, developing methods to detect infection and creating therapies to treat infection.
Sarah Stein named to new Viterbi Chair in Mediterranean Jewish Studies
Stein, director of UCLA's Leve Center for Jewish Studies, is well known for her scholarship, writing and teaching in the field.
Grateful parents of Chinese students organize to support UCLA health care workers
One group organized a crowdsourced fundraising effort; another has donated thousands of surgical masks.
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.
