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Anderson School of Management
Never Giving Up, Always Giving Back
After suffering from Guillain-Barré syndrome, Nhat Tran ’97, MPH ’17 refused to let disability discourage him from reaching…
Enabling Leaders to Lead
People with passion make things happen. At UCLA Anderson School of Management, students are passionate about making the…
The College
Giving Begets Giving
Giving back is a shared theme for many UCLA alumni. It’s been an especially thoughtful journey for Ric…
L.A. Leading the Way
UCLA’s researchers have an ambitious vision. Whether researching sustainable land use and traffic reduction strategies, inventing new technologies…
Generating Progress in a Pandemic
Translating basic scientific research into treatments for disease can be a long process. But due to UCLA’s strong…
David Geffen School of Medicine / Health Sciences
Treatments on Target
UCLA brings together experts in diverse fields to focus on crucial questions. A perfect example is the UCLA…
Critical Care Across the County
Early stroke diagnosis and treatment can mean the difference between recovery and disability or even death. During the…
Generating Progress in a Pandemic
Translating basic scientific research into treatments for disease can be a long process. But due to UCLA’s strong…
Fielding School of Public Health
L.A. Leading the Way
UCLA’s researchers have an ambitious vision. Whether researching sustainable land use and traffic reduction strategies, inventing new technologies…
Caring for Those Who Care for Us
As the COVID-19 pandemic spread around the world, UCLA experts leaped into action. So did its donors. The…
A True Team Effort
In all seasons, UCLA counts cross-campus collaboration as an asset to education, research, and service. During the COVID-19…
Herb Alpert School of Music
An Ode to Partnership
UCLA’s generous supporters make real progress possible, seeding initial ideas that bear philanthropic fruit in years to come….
Musical Firsts
Primi! The first music school in the UC system, The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music also leads the…
Music to Our Ears
From touch football to touching lives through generosity and music — the story of Dr. David Dobrow is…
Luskin School of Public Affairs
Working for Equity in L.A.
Philanthropy often presents an opportunity to honor the past while powering the future. After Barbara Edelston Yaroslavsky passed…
A Legacy — and a Lift for Luskin
Fall 2018 brings complementary good news to UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs — a new undergraduate major…
Developing Careers and Communities
Students enroll in UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs because they are passionate about solving society’s most pressing…
Samueli School of Engineering
L.A. Leading the Way
UCLA’s researchers have an ambitious vision. Whether researching sustainable land use and traffic reduction strategies, inventing new technologies…
Generating Progress in a Pandemic
Translating basic scientific research into treatments for disease can be a long process. But due to UCLA’s strong…
A True Team Effort
In all seasons, UCLA counts cross-campus collaboration as an asset to education, research, and service. During the COVID-19…
School of Dentistry
A True Team Effort
In all seasons, UCLA counts cross-campus collaboration as an asset to education, research, and service. During the COVID-19…
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…
Top Talent at the Table
The Centennial Campaign has helped UCLA reach a lot of milestones leading up to the big one: the…
School of Education & Information Studies
Lending a Hand for Learning
During the COVID-19 pandemic, virtual classrooms are a reality not just for UCLA students but for young learners…
A Network for Justice
In today’s globalized — and, during the pandemic, often virtual — world, communities rely on technology to stay…
UCLA: World Citizen
After two world wars, members of the United Nations decided it was time for, in the words of…
School of Law
Native Generosity
UCLA has reached many philanthropic milestones over the past year. Now it marks another with a $15 million…
Pursuing Research, Protecting Rights
Many gifts demonstrate donors’ dedication to equality and justice — values they share with UCLA. And their generosity…
A True Team Effort
In all seasons, UCLA counts cross-campus collaboration as an asset to education, research, and service. During the COVID-19…
School of Nursing
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…
Open Doors Open Possibilities
A UCLA education is transformative. That fact drove a record-breaking 102,000 prospective freshmen and more than 22,000 transfer…
Legacy of a Lifetime
Elsie Beard Studer, MSN ’65 was looking for the perfect gift. A UCLA alumna, faculty, administrator, and donor,…
School of the Arts and Architecture
L.A. Leading the Way
UCLA’s researchers have an ambitious vision. Whether researching sustainable land use and traffic reduction strategies, inventing new technologies…
A True Team Effort
In all seasons, UCLA counts cross-campus collaboration as an asset to education, research, and service. During the COVID-19…
Teaching Artists
Those who can — teach. Teaching is an art form. Thanks to a progressive program called the Visual…
School of Theater, Film and Television
Off and Running
When UCLA publicly launched the Centennial Campaign for UCLA in May 2014, what we really kicked off was…
A Vision for Diversity
For Hani Farsi, philanthropy is a family tradition, and he’s bringing it forward. His father was a civic…
Magic Hour
The start of UCLA’s second century is a magical time — and an ideal moment for a gift…
Opportunity for all
Giving Begets Giving
Giving back is a shared theme for many UCLA alumni. It’s been an especially thoughtful journey for Ric…
On the Journey to Justice
Years of injustice, pain, and sacrifice in the lives of Black Americans came to a head in 2020…
Working for Equity in L.A.
Philanthropy often presents an opportunity to honor the past while powering the future. After Barbara Edelston Yaroslavsky passed…
COVID-19
Critical Care Across the County
Early stroke diagnosis and treatment can mean the difference between recovery and disability or even death. During the…
A Helping of Hope
Providing food meets a basic human need and brings humanity together. COVID-19 has spurred UCLA to find a…
Lending a Hand for Learning
During the COVID-19 pandemic, virtual classrooms are a reality not just for UCLA students but for young learners…
Faculty
Treatments on Target
UCLA brings together experts in diverse fields to focus on crucial questions. A perfect example is the UCLA…
On the Journey to Justice
Years of injustice, pain, and sacrifice in the lives of Black Americans came to a head in 2020…
An Ode to Partnership
UCLA’s generous supporters make real progress possible, seeding initial ideas that bear philanthropic fruit in years to come….
Students
Treatments on Target
UCLA brings together experts in diverse fields to focus on crucial questions. A perfect example is the UCLA…
Giving Begets Giving
Giving back is a shared theme for many UCLA alumni. It’s been an especially thoughtful journey for Ric…
On the Journey to Justice
Years of injustice, pain, and sacrifice in the lives of Black Americans came to a head in 2020…
Arts & culture
On the Journey to Justice
Years of injustice, pain, and sacrifice in the lives of Black Americans came to a head in 2020…
An Ode to Partnership
UCLA’s generous supporters make real progress possible, seeding initial ideas that bear philanthropic fruit in years to come….
A Network for Justice
In today’s globalized — and, during the pandemic, often virtual — world, communities rely on technology to stay…
Athletics
UCLA Soccer Scores
Thanks to a lead commitment of $5 million, the Annenberg Foundation is leading the way to transform the…
Opportunity Served
He broke racial barriers in sports and society with his athletic and scholastic talents. So far, he has…
Off and Running
When UCLA publicly launched the Centennial Campaign for UCLA in May 2014, what we really kicked off was…
Environment & climate
L.A. Leading the Way
UCLA’s researchers have an ambitious vision. Whether researching sustainable land use and traffic reduction strategies, inventing new technologies…
Ripple Effects
Scholarships make dreams of coming to UCLA come true. And that’s just the start of what students achieve…
No Drought of Generosity
California is experiencing its third worst drought in recorded history. Most of us are worried about brown lawns…
Health & behavior
Treatments on Target
UCLA brings together experts in diverse fields to focus on crucial questions. A perfect example is the UCLA…
On the Journey to Justice
Years of injustice, pain, and sacrifice in the lives of Black Americans came to a head in 2020…
Critical Care Across the County
Early stroke diagnosis and treatment can mean the difference between recovery and disability or even death. During the…
Nation, world, & society
On the Journey to Justice
Years of injustice, pain, and sacrifice in the lives of Black Americans came to a head in 2020…
Working for Equity in L.A.
Philanthropy often presents an opportunity to honor the past while powering the future. After Barbara Edelston Yaroslavsky passed…
An Ode to Partnership
UCLA’s generous supporters make real progress possible, seeding initial ideas that bear philanthropic fruit in years to come….
Science & technology
Treatments on Target
UCLA brings together experts in diverse fields to focus on crucial questions. A perfect example is the UCLA…
Giving Begets Giving
Giving back is a shared theme for many UCLA alumni. It’s been an especially thoughtful journey for Ric…
On the Journey to Justice
Years of injustice, pain, and sacrifice in the lives of Black Americans came to a head in 2020…
Students & campus
Treatments on Target
UCLA brings together experts in diverse fields to focus on crucial questions. A perfect example is the UCLA…
Giving Begets Giving
Giving back is a shared theme for many UCLA alumni. It’s been an especially thoughtful journey for Ric…
On the Journey to Justice
Years of injustice, pain, and sacrifice in the lives of Black Americans came to a head in 2020…
UCLA & community
Giving Begets Giving
Giving back is a shared theme for many UCLA alumni. It’s been an especially thoughtful journey for Ric…
On the Journey to Justice
Years of injustice, pain, and sacrifice in the lives of Black Americans came to a head in 2020…
Critical Care Across the County
Early stroke diagnosis and treatment can mean the difference between recovery and disability or even death. During the…