UCLA, Unabashed.

“If UCLA were simply a world–class university, it would still be exceptional. But it happens to be a world–class research university, and that makes it extraordinary. " Betsy Wood Knapp, founder/CEO of BigPicture Investors LLC, talks about undergraduate education at UCLA.  Continue »
May 8, 2008

“Forty-seven years ago, the president of the University of California introduced an idealistic, untested and truly immodest plan to build the finest public higher education system in the nation." Sherry Lansing, UC regent and former CEO of Paramount Pictures, talks about the need to nourish the university that benefits so many of us.   Continue »
May 8, 2008

“Who knows what my company’s going to be doing in 20 years? Probably something that was discovered at a university.” Henry Samueli, co-founder of Broadcom Corporation, talks about the need for research and development, and the role UCLA plays.  Continue »
May 8, 2008

“Lots of institutions dispense existing knowledge. The mission of a research university is something more: to produce new knowledge.” Paul Boyer, UCLA professor emeritus and 1997 Nobel Prize winner in chemistry, talks about the challenges of research and his most valued colleagues.   Continue »
May 8, 2008

“Los Angeles runs on a premium blend of expertise and innovation. Its unique, start–up–centric economy couldn’t work without a highly educated work force. And vice versa.” Richard Ziman, chairman of American Value Partners, talks about the importance of UCLA to California and to his company.   Continue »
May 8, 2008

"So, what role should UCLA have in all this? The role it's always had: to identify, select, nurture and educate successive generations of California's leaders in business, government, the sciences and the arts." Representative Diane Watson talks about the voyage that begins on a student's first day of classes — and continues lifelong.   Continue »
May 8, 2008

“Among the nation’s major research universities, UCLA has the most students receiving federal financial assistance." Warren Furutani, member of the California State Assembly, talks about the way a publicly–owned, world–class research university like UCLA can achieve access and excellence.   Continue »
May 8, 2008