With $5 million from Herb Alpert Foundation, UCLA to introduce state-of-the-art music practice rooms
Construction is set to begin this summer for the 46 practice rooms, which have not been fully refurbished in nearly 70 years.
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UCLA receives $5 million to help translate promising research from lab to clinic
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
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
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
A gift from Dr. Bronwyn Bateman will establish a new center at the UCLA Stein Eye Institute.
The UCLA Foundation names Alicia Miñana de Lovelace new chair-elect
Miñana de Lovelace, who earned her law degree from UCLA School of Law in 1987, has been on the board of directors since 2015.
UCLA food studies institute to tackle global food challenges
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
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
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
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
The gift will in part fund the research of Dr. Deena Goldwater, a UCLA geriatric cardiologist.
Anne Rimoin named to new Gordon–Levin Chair in Infectious Diseases and Public Health
Rimoin is an internationally recognized expert on emerging infections, global health, disease surveillance systems and vaccinations.
UCLA’s Congo Basin Institute receives $1 million from Bob and Cindy Taylor
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
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
Donors during the past year hailed from all 50 states and 72 nations; nearly 95% of gifts were less than $10,000.
Lara Cushing named to new Fielding Presidential Chair in Health Equity
Cushing studies the disproportionate impact of environmental exposures and climate change on low-income populations and communities of color in the U.S.
UCLA establishes endowed chair in honor of longtime faculty member Dr. Marjorie Fine
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
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’
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
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
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
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
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
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
Dr. Fady Kaldas has been named the inaugural holder of the Kelly Lee Tarantello Endowed Term Chair in Integrative Liver Transplantation.