The funds will further UCLA's standing as a leader in environmental research, a campus that cares about access for all students, and a vital community resource for the arts.
The campus earned the No. 23 spot among all U.S. universities and was named the No. 2 public university in the country in the closely watched annual survey.
A new entrepreneur-in-residence program (EIR) launched at UCLA this month comes to the aid of campus inventors by bringing in experienced entrepreneurs to provide guidance and advice.
In a step toward justice, commencement came for Japanese American former students who had been forced to leave UCLA and enter internment camps during World War II.