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A Continuum of Care
From early in their lives to life’s last moments, patients of all ages benefit from all UCLA does…
A Confluence of Cultures
Where do people value learning about different views and values? At UCLA. One of a university’s most important…
A Compass for Success
Research shows that quality mentoring can make a world of difference, particularly for college students as they navigate…
A Catalyst for Collaboration
UCLA’s experts are no strangers to working together. Now a generous gift has taken their teamwork to another…
A Gift in Three Acts
The arts play a powerful role in sharing stories and shaping culture. That’s why UCLA School of Theater,…
Campaign Celebration Sweeps Southward
UCLA’s capacity for excellence and compassion is as boundless as the generosity of its stakeholders. An April 8…
Commitment, Cont.
Melvin and Bren Simon created the Melvin and Bren Simon Charitable Foundation to support medical centers that strive…
Champions for Human Rights
The best in learning, discovery, service to community, and promoting understanding — UCLA promises and delivers all of…
Cultivating Kindness
People often associate kindness and understanding. The idea of a scientific understanding of kindness likely is less familiar….
Doubling Down on Depression
In the fall of 2013, Laurie Davis Gray lost her son, Max, to depression. He was 25. Max…
Gifts to Better Brain Health
When Laurie and Steven Gordon care about issues, they invest in the people who are working to address…
Getting and Giving a Good Start
UCLA’s upcoming centennial year is the perfect time to reflect on barriers the university has broken, doors it…
Generosity for Geriatric Medicine
Patients of every age find care and comfort at UCLA. But as the baby boomer generation grows older,…
From Past to Present to Progress
Fifty years ago, UCLA established its first endowed chair in Armenian studies. Now, during UCLA’s centennial celebrations, a…
Family-Centered Philanthropy
“Giving is about where your money and time make a difference,” says UCLA Professor of Microbiology, Immunology and…
Equal to the Task
Optimism and opportunity are hallmarks of UCLA. It is only fitting, then, that the university is now home…
Enterprising Ideas
UCLA embraces entrepreneurial education, so much so that in 2014 Forbes magazine ranked UCLA fifth among the nation’s leading entrepreneurial…
Engineering Advances
The first things engineers devise are ideas. From there, they put together technologies, processes, and materials to make…
A Challenge for Chairs
University of California President Janet Napolitano has issued funds — and a challenge. Among the factors that distinguish a…
Great Minds Gala
Hundreds of guests of the Friends of the Semel Institute gathered at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel on April…
Honoring a Legacy. Memorializing a Life.
Judi Kaufman lived with brain cancer for 18 years. She didn’t battle it so much as embrace it,…
Healthy Habits Starting Here
UCLA’s work to benefit the world starts with Bruins on campus. Take the Semel HCI (Healthy Campus Initiative)…
A Legacy That Strengthens Other Legacies
Endowment gifts will sustain UCLA’s work well into the future. Alan Leve ’51 clearly understands that. He has…
Hope for Healing
Across the country, 250,000 people live with spinal cord injury. The paralysis that often results has been thought…
A Lifelong Vision — An Apt Legacy
A leading university like UCLA sees its researchers transform visionary ideas into life-changing reality. For more than 50…
A Lift for Latinos
“We succeed because we are dreamers, not dividers,” said Kevin de León, president pro tem emeritus of the…
A Major Gift in a Minor Key
A local and global leader, UCLA is home to people and programs that bring the world to Los Angeles, including…
A New Investment in a Legacy Venture
There’s a lot of heart behind UCLA Anderson School of Management’s Larry Wolfen Entrepreneurial Spirit Award. A creative,…
In the Right Hands
For two years, Jeff Raich saw specialists all over the United States for a mysterious and frightening lung…
Laughter and the Best Medicine
“Nice guys finish first,” comedian, writer, and actor Garry Shandling famously said. “If you don’t know that, then…
Keeping Knowledge in Circulation
When Norman Powell ’59 was a child, his father, longtime University Librarian Lawrence (Larry) Clark Powell, often took…
Justice Should Be Indigenous
UCLA leads many efforts to create justice for all. Case in point: The university has a powerful relationship…
Legacy of a Lifetime
Elsie Beard Studer, MSN ’65 was looking for the perfect gift. A UCLA alumna, faculty, administrator, and donor,…
Lead Role
Hollywood’s 2017 awards season features a marked increase in the diversity of nominees, and UCLA has played some…
Making Headlines by Changing Them
What if tomorrow’s above-the-fold headline reads “Studies Show Dramatic Drop in Gun Violence”? If Dean Hansell, partner at…
Meet His Match
With the goal of encouraging others to come to the proverbial table and endow faculty chairs in UCLA…
More than One Kind of Donor
UCLA’s Dr. Ronald W. Busuttil and his team have performed more than 6,000 liver transplants — the most…
Musical Firsts
Primi! The first music school in the UC system, The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music also leads the…
No Drought of Generosity
California is experiencing its third worst drought in recorded history. Most of us are worried about brown lawns…
Why They Give
Ron and Anne Mellor met on a blind date while they were both teaching at Stanford. A photo…
Magnanimity Meets a Great Need
Every ten seconds, someone in the U.S. goes to the emergency room with a migraine-related complaint. Migraine, a…
Lighting the Way for Child Health
A recent evening illuminated — and lent support to — the work of UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital and…
Life is On
Revlon’s new brand platform, Love is On, is about love and positivity, and it encompasses the company’s new philanthropic…
When Minutes Matter
The phrase “time is of the essence” is never more apt than when it applies to getting treatment…
Potential, Meet Opportunity
People of all backgrounds, abilities, and ambitions can live full and fulfilling lives when given the opportunity. And…
Philanthropy’s Phenomenal Force
Physics, of course, is the study of matter and its motion through time and space. No one knows…
Philanthropy with Foresight
“Visionary philanthropy can alter the course of science,” says Dr. John Mazziotta, vice chancellor, UCLA Health Sciences, and…
Off and Running
When UCLA publicly launched the Centennial Campaign for UCLA in May 2014, what we really kicked off was…
Sleep on It
Sleep disorder illness, which has reached epidemic proportions, can affect overall health, safety, and quality of life. Snoring,…
Providing People with Disability the Ability to Thrive
UCLA and its donors never shy away from a challenge. One example is how they are leading the…
Raising the Bar
For the third time, UCLA School of Law’s Entertainment, Media and Intellectual Property Law Program has been named…
Revolutionizing Cancer Research
Sean Parker founded music-sharing site Napster and was the first president of social media giant Facebook. It only…
Ripple Effects
Scholarships make dreams of coming to UCLA come true. And that’s just the start of what students achieve…
Visionaries
The Bruin family is about to get bigger. To help more students get an engineering education and lead…
Solving for X
UCLA, known for its pioneering spirit and bold ideas, is joining forces with another big thinker to inspire…
Breathing New Life into Lung Research
When you talk to Linda and Mike Keston, you hear the words “lucky” and “grateful” a lot. And…
All Rise
The United States judiciary is a pillar of American society, helping ensure the freedoms of its citizens. So…
An Endeared Leader, An Inspiring Legacy
When generous and loyal philanthropist Marion Anderson, P ’77, ’88 passed away Mother’s Day, May 14, 2017, in…
Art to Expand Our Horizons
Chances are, if you knew that one of the top university museums in America — one unparalleled in…
Bending Light toward Justice
Stars are aligning for UCLA’s efforts in criminal justice reform, thanks to the forces of academia, community, and…
Background Work
Every day in their laboratories, UCLA health sciences researchers demonstrate dedication and determination in their quests for discoveries…
A Soundtrack for Celebration
The legendary Kenny Burrell is a UCLA icon. A much-beloved figure on and off campus, Burrell has spent…
A Spectrum of Support
You can almost sense the synapses firing across campus after James L. Easton’s ’59 recent $36 million gift…
Teaming Up to Transform L.A.
UCLA crosses divides, connects disciplines, and comes together to promote progress. And thanks to a new round of…
Taking a Stand Against Depression
What starts at UCLA spreads hope. From breakthrough research to new technologies, discoveries developed on campus reach communities…
Stroke Care on the Move
It’s hit the road! Previously you read about the UCLA Arline and Henry Gluck Stroke Rescue Program, established…
To Women’s Health
UCLA is committed to equity in health care delivery, and philanthropy helps make it a reality. Iris Cantor…
The Circus Came to Town
The circus came to town and left $2.9 million for the Children’s Discovery and Innovation Institute at UCLA…
The Power of the Past to Better the Future
If forgetting the past means repeating mistakes, remembering it can change the course of history for good. Honoring…
Value Added: Graduate Scholarships
A message from David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Dean Kelsey Martin Graduate students are integral to…
UCLA: World Citizen
After two world wars, members of the United Nations decided it was time for, in the words of…
True-Blue Bruin
When it comes to UCLA, Paul Terasaki’s ’50, MA ’52, PhD ’56 allegiant generosity is as storied as…
UCLA All Over the Map
UCLA has been developing relationships across continents and cultures for decades. One key advocate for those international efforts…
Top Talent at the Table
The Centennial Campaign has helped UCLA reach a lot of milestones leading up to the big one: the…
Taking Classes — Taking Action
The new undergraduate major at UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs is inspiring students with its motto of…
Giving for the Good of All
Strengthening families. Improving the environment. Enriching the arts. These are just a few of the ways Anthony (Tony)…
Children Who Thrive
Mattel, Inc. started making children happy with its creations in 1945, just a few years before the founding…
Turning Talent into Triumph
UCLA’s office of enrollment management works to recruit L.A.’s and California’s most committed young scholars from every background…
An Environment for Diversity
When people of all backgrounds approach any endeavor or discipline, they bring a vital variety of perspectives and…
Gifts to Sustain Sustainability
In years to come, when California sees more leaders dedicated to climate issues, give some credit to UCLA…
Strength in Numbers
How does UCLA top having its best fundraising year ever? By surpassing the Centennial Campaign goal 18 months…
An Array of Funds for the Arts
Donors to the arts at UCLA find creative ways to give. Their recent contributions — from cash pledges…