Everything about University Of California Los Angeles totally explained
The
University of California, Los Angeles (generally known as
UCLA) is a public research university located in
Los Angeles,
California,
United States. Established as a branch of the state university in 1919, it's the second-oldest general-purpose campus in the
University of California system and has the largest enrollment of any university in the state.
UCLA comprises the College of Letters and Science (the primary undergraduate college) as well as undergraduate colleges Arts and Architecture, Herb Alpert School of Music,
Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, Nursing, and Theater, Film, and Television, seven professional schools, and five professional Health Science schools. Since 2001, UCLA has enrolled over 33,000 total students annually, and that number is steadily rising. UCLA also ranked 11th in the nation in terms of quality of scientific research leading towards a
Nobel Prize. UCLA is a
Public Ivy, and one of the
25 New Ivies, a list of universities ranked by
Kaplan. UCLA also ranks among the top 10 schools in the country with the most faculty awards.
UCLA has more applicants than any other university in the United States. Out of 55,401 applicants for Fall 2008, 12,755 (22.7%) were admitted. On
May 20 2008, the Women's Tennis team won UCLA's 102nd NCAA title.
In 2006, the university completed Campaign UCLA, which collected over
$3.05 billion and is currently the most successful fundraising campaign in the history of higher education.
History
Early beginnings
In March 1881, after heavy lobbying by Los Angeles residents, the
California State Legislature authorized the creation of a southern branch of the
California State Normal School (which later became
San José State University) in
downtown Los Angeles to train teachers for the growing population of
Southern California. The State
Normal School at Los Angeles opened on
August 29,
1882, on what is now the site of the Central Library of the
Los Angeles Public Library system. The new facility included an
elementary school where teachers-in-training could practice their teaching technique on children. In 1887, the school became known as the Los Angeles State Normal School.
In 1914, the school moved to a new campus on
Vermont Avenue (now the site of
Los Angeles City College) in
Hollywood. In 1917, UC Regent Edward A. Dickson, the only regent representing the Southland at the time, and Ernest Carroll Moore, Director of the Normal School, began working together to lobby the State for the school to become the second
University of California campus, after
Berkeley. On
May 23,
1919, their efforts were rewarded when Governor
William D. Stephens signed Assembly Bill 626 into law, which turned the school into the
Southern Branch of the University of California and added its general undergraduate program, the College of Letters and Science. The Southern Branch campus opened on September 15 of that year, offering two-year undergraduate programs to 250 Letters and Science students and 1,250 students in the Teachers College, under Moore's continued direction.
Enrollment at the Southern Branch expanded so rapidly that by the mid-1920s the institution was outgrowing the 25
acre Vermont Avenue location. The Regents conducted a search for a new location and announced their selection of the so-called "Beverly Site"—just west of
Beverly Hills—on
March 21,
1925. (The original Vermont campus is now home to
Los Angeles City College.) After the athletic teams entered the Pacific Coast conference in 1926, the Southern Branch student council adopted the nickname "Bruins," a name offered by the student council at Berkeley. In 1927, the Regents renamed the school itself the "University of California at Los Angeles" (the word "at" was officially replaced by a
comma in 1958, in line with other UC campuses) and the state broke ground in
Westwood on land sold for $1 million, less than one-third its value, by real estate developers Edwin and Harold Janss, for whom the Janss Steps are named.
Maturity as a university
By the 1950s, UCLA had developed into a serious and widely respected research institution. The campus received its first chancellor in 1951, thereby establishing itself as an autonomous entity within the UC system. The appointment of Franklin Murphy to the position of Chancellor in 1960 helped to spark an era of tremendous growth of facilities and faculty honors. By the end of the decade, UCLA had achieved distinction in a wide range of subjects. This era also secured UCLA's position as a proper university in her own right and not simply a branch of the UC system. This change is exemplified by an incident involving Chancellor Murphy, which was described by him later on:
"I picked up the telephone and called in from somewhere, and the phone operator said, 'University of California.' And I said, 'Is this Berkeley?' She said, 'No.' I said, 'Well, who have I gotten to?' 'UCLA.' I said, 'Why didn't you say UCLA?' 'Oh,' she said, 'we're instructed to say University of California.' So the next morning I went to the office and wrote a memo; I said, 'Will you please instruct the operators, as of noon today, when they answer the phone to say, "UCLA."' And they said, 'You know they won't like it at Berkeley.' And I said, 'Well, let's just see. There are a few things maybe we can do around here without getting their permission.'"
Campus
When UCLA opened its new campus in 1929, it had four buildings. Today, the campus includes 163 buildings across 419 acres (1.7 km²) in the western part of
Los Angeles, north of the
Westwood shopping district and just south of
Sunset Boulevard. The campus is close but not adjacent to the
San Diego Freeway.
The first campus buildings were designed by the local firm Allison & Allison. The
Romanesque Revival style of these first four structures remained the predominant building style on campus until the 1950s, when architect
Welton Becket was hired to supervise the expansion of the campus over the next two decades. Becket greatly streamlined the
general appearance of the campus, adding several rows of
minimalist, slab–shaped brick buildings to the southern half of the campus, the largest of these being the
UCLA Medical Center. Architects such as
A. Quincy Jones,
William Pereira and
Paul Williams designed many subsequent structures on the campus during the mid-20th century. More
recent additions include buildings designed by architects
I.M. Pei,
Richard Meier,
Cesar Pelli, and
Rafael Vinoly. In order to accommodate UCLA's rapidly growing student population, multiple construction and renovation projects are in progress, including expansions of the life sciences and engineering research complexes. This continuous construction gives UCLA the on-campus nickname of "Under Construction Like Always."
The campus includes sculpture gardens, fountains, museums, and a mix of architectural styles. It is located in the residential area of
Westwood and bordered by
Bel-Air,
Beverly Hills, and
Brentwood. The campus is informally divided into North Campus and South Campus, which are both on the eastern half of the university's land. North Campus is the original campus core; its buildings are more old-fashioned in appearance and clad in imported Italian brick. North Campus is home to the arts, humanities, social sciences, law, and business programs and is centered around oak tree-lined Dickson Court. South Campus is home to the physical sciences, life sciences, engineering, psychology, mathematical sciences, all health-related fields, and the
UCLA Medical Center.
Ackerman Union, the
John Wooden Center, the
Arthur Ashe Health and Wellness Center, the Student Activities Center, Kerckhoff Hall, the J.D. Morgan Center, the James West Alumni Center, and
Pauley Pavilion stand at the center of the campus.
Bruin Walk, a heavily traveled pathway from housing to the main campus, bisects the campus.
The tallest building on campus is named after
Ralph Bunche, an African-American alumnus, who received the 1950
Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating an armistice agreement between the Jews and Arabs in Palestine. A bust of him, on the entrance to Bunche Hall, overlooks the
Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden. He was the first individual of non-European background and the first UCLA alumnus to be honored with the Prize.
A mile from campus, the UCLA Hannah Carter Japanese Garden is located in the community of
Bel-Air. The garden was designed by landscape architect Nagao Sakurai of Tokyo and garden designer Kazuo Nakamura of Kyoto in 1959. After the garden was damaged by heavy rains in 1969, UCLA Professor of Art and Campus Architect Koichi Kawana took on the task of its reconstruction.
The campus has a large number of
parking garages, both above-ground and below-ground. Yet, the university continues to suffer from a severe parking shortage which is further compounded by Southern California's regional housing shortage. The university has given priority in allocation of parking spaces to staff and some students, regardless of living distances. There are many facilities with local buses. There are, in addition, other transportation services that the university provides for its students, such as "rideshares" and vanpools. Also, the "BruinGo" program allows students and staff members to use local bus services (such as
Santa Monica's
Big Blue Bus, initially used as a free initiative) for a reduced fare from numerous terminals located on the campus.
With a location near
Hollywood and a world-famous film and television school, the UCLA campus has attracted filming for decades. Much of the 1985 film
Gotcha! was shot at UCLA, as well as
John Singleton's
Higher Learning (1995).
Legally Blonde, "Old School", "The Nutty Professor",
Erin Brockovich, and
American Pie 2 all were mainly shot at the university campus or locale. Some of the exterior shots of the fictional
UC Sunnydale in
Buffy the Vampire Slayer were also filmed at UCLA. In response to the major demand for filming, UCLA instated a policy on filming and professional photography at the campus.
"UCLA is located in Los Angeles, the same place as the American motion picture industry," said UCLA visiting professor of film and television Jonathan Kuntz. "So we're convenient for (almost) all of the movie companies, TV production companies, commercial companies and so on. We're right where the action is."
Academics
UCLA features the College of Letters and Science, seven general campus professional schools, and four professional schools for the health sciences. Collectively, these schools serve about 25,000
undergraduate and 11,000
graduate students.
The
UCLA Medical Center is actually part of a larger healthcare system, UCLA Healthcare, which also operates a hospital in
Santa Monica and seven primary care clinics throughout
Los Angeles County. In addition, the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine uses two
Los Angeles County public hospitals as teaching hospitals—
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and
Olive View-UCLA Medical Center—as well as the largest private nonprofit hospital on the West Coast,
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
In 1981, the UCLA Medical Center made history when an assistant professor named Michael Gottlieb first diagnosed an unknown affliction later to be called
AIDS. UCLA medical researchers pioneered the use of PET scanning to study brain function. The signaling cascade of
Nitric oxide, one of the most important molecules in cardiopulmonary physiology was discovered in part by the medical school's Professor of Pharmacology Louis J. Ignarro. For this, he was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology along with two other researchers - Robert F. Furchgott of the SUNY Health Science Center and Ferid Murad of the University of Texas Medical School at Houston.
In the 2007 edition of
U.S. News and World Report, UCLA Medical Center was ranked best in the West, as well as one of the top 3 hospitals in the
United States alongside
Mayo Clinic,
Cleveland Clinic,
Massachusetts General Hospital, and
Johns Hopkins Hospital. In 15 of the 16 medical specialty areas examined, UCLA Medical Center ranked in the top 20.
In 2008, The new state of the art Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center will open and replace the aging current medical center.
Rankings
UCLA is one of the most highly regarded schools in the world. UCLA is ranked 25th among "America's Best Colleges 2008: National Universities" by
U.S. News and World Report, third best public university in the United States. In the August 21–28, 2006 issue of
Newsweek (also released as the 2007 issue of the
Kaplan Guide to Colleges), UCLA was listed as one of "25 New Ivies". UCLA was 12th in Newsweek's annual ranking of the Top 100 Global universities.
The Washington Monthly ranks UCLA 2nd nationally with criteria based on research, community service, and social mobility.
In 2007, UCLA was ranked 11th in
North America and 13th in the world by the annual list,
Top 500 World Universities, published by the Institute of Higher Education at
Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
China in terms of quality of scientific research leading to a Nobel Prize.
UCLA took the second spot among all universities (surpassed only by
Johns Hopkins University), and the top spot among public universities, for research spending in the sciences and engineering during the fiscal year 2004, according to a 2006 report by the
National Science Foundation—UCLA spent $773 million.
UCLA's School of Law, Anderson School of Management, School of Public Affairs, and School of Medicine consistently rank among the top ten to twenty in the United States. UCLA's oldest operating unit, the
Graduate School of Education and Information Studies (GSEIS), was ranked second among American graduate schools of education in the 2006 edition of
U.S. News and World Report,
America's Best Graduate Schools.
In the
Institute for Scientific Information's 2004 database, 48 UCLA professors were listed as highly cited, making UCLA faculty 11th in the United States; as of December 2006, there were 54 highly cited faculty.
In 1995, of the 36 Ph.D. programs examined by the
National Research Council, eleven departments were ranked in the top ten. Thirty-one of the Ph.D. programs examined were ranked in the top 20, the third highest number of those distinctions in the country.
Admissions
Undergraduate
Fall freshman statistics
| |
2008 |
2007 |
2006 |
2005 |
| Applicants | 55,397 |
50,732 |
47,317 |
42,232
|
| Admits | 12,579 |
11,860 |
12,189 |
11,361
|
| % Admitted | 22.70 |
23.38 |
25.76 |
26.90
|
This table doesn't account deferred
applications or other unique situations.
The average admitted applicant to UCLA for Fall 2008 had a weighted GPA (a GPA that includes all extra grade points for honors or AP coursework) of 4.34, an unweighted GPA (no extra points) of 3.85, an SAT Reasoning Test score of 2001, SAT Subject scores (UCLA uses the highest scores from any two of five subject areas) of 728 and 676, 20 semesters of honors/AP course work completed between 10th and 12th grades, and 51 semesters of college prep course work overall.
UCLA is rated "Most Selective", by the
Princeton Review, with an admissions selectivity rating of 98 (on a scale of 60–99). UCLA received 55,397 applications for the Fall 2008 freshman class, retaining its position as the university with the most freshmen applicants, a title it has held since 1998.
One of the major current debates is over the decreasing admission of
African-Americans and
Latinos, especially since the passage of
Proposition 209, prohibiting racial, sexual, or ethnic discrimination at public institutions, in 1996. Out of the 4,700 students in the Fall 2006 class, 96 were black, and 20 of those were recruited athletes. This is the lowest number of blacks to enter into a class at UCLA in more than 30 years, and it
comes at a time when the other schools in the UC system are seeing an increase. In response to this issue, UCLA decided to shift to a more "holistic" admissions process, similar to that of UC Berkeley, starting Fall 2007. Preliminary data show that the overall number of underrepresented student applicants at UCLA — Native Americans, African Americans and Chicanos/Latinos — increased from 10,097 in fall 2006 (22.2% of 2006 applicants) to 11,414 for fall 2007 (23.6%).
Graduate
In Fall 2005 the
David Geffen School of Medicine admitted 4.5% of its applicants, the
School of Law admitted 16.1%, and the
Anderson School of Management admitted 30.6%.
According to the American Dental Education Association (ADEA) Guide to Dental Schools, 44th Ed., the
UCLA School of Dentistry had more than 1,465 applicants for 88 seats in the entering class of 2006. The average
Dental Admissions Test (DAT) scores for admitted students in the entering class of 2007 were 22 on the academic portion (3rd highest average in the nation after Harvard and Columbia) and 20 on the perceptual aptitude portion of the exam (3rd highest average after Harvard and University of Washington).
Library system
UCLA's library system has over eight million books and 70,000 serials spread over twelve libraries and eleven other archives, reading rooms, and research centers. It is the nation's 11th largest library in number of volumes.
The first library, University library (presently Powell), was founded in 1884. In 1910, Elizabeth Fargo became the university's first librarian.
Lawrence Powell became librarian in 1944, and began a series of system overhauls and modifications, and in 1959, he was named Dean of the School of Library Service. More libraries were added as previous ones filled. Page Ackerman became University Librarian in 1973, and was the nation's first female librarian of a system as large as UCLA's. She oversaw the first coordinations between other UC schools, and formed a new administrative network that's still in use today. Since her retirement, the system has seen steady growth and improvement under various Librarians. The present University Librarian is Gary E. Strong, who has been in office since
September 1,
2003.
Economic impact
The University has a significant impact in the Los Angeles Economy. It is the fourth largest employer in the county, after Los Angeles County, LAUSD and the Federal Government, and the seventh largest in the region. In 2005-2006, the university had an operating budget of $3.6 billion, of which 17.4% was from California state government appropriations.
Trademarks and Licensing
The UCLA trademark also sells as an overseas clothing and accessories brand. This trend arises from the school's athletic and academic reputation, and popular images of the
Southern California lifestyle, emphasizing freedom in a land of perpetual sunshine. High demand for UCLA apparel has inspired the licensing of its trademark to UCLA brand stores throughout East Asia. Since 1980, 15 UCLA stores have opened in
South Korea, and 43 are currently open in
Mainland China. There are also stores in
Mexico,
Singapore, and
Europe. Cindy Holmes, the licensing director of UCLA Trademarks and Licensing, has stated that UCLA makes $400,000 in royalties each year through its international licensing program. The university recently won the 2008
Women's Water Polo championship making it the first to reach 101 NCAA championships.
The schools share a rivalry in many other sports. In volleyball, UCLA won 19
NCAA Men's Volleyball Championships against USC's six. Last year, UCLA won the Gauntlet by the largest margin of victory in the history of the competition. This rivalry even extends to the
Olympic Games, where UCLA athletes have won 213 medals, and USC athletes have won 234.
The origin is unclear, but the rivalry most likely started when football
Hall of Fame coach Red Sanders led UCLA to dominance in the 1950s. USC, long before established as the reigning power, diverted its attention from then-rival
University of Notre Dame, and the rivalry began. Football games played each year between the two schools have no official name, but the week preceding it's known as "Blue and Gold Week" (formerly "Beat 'SC Week"). During this week, students participate in traditions known throughout the UCLA student body, with activities such as a blood drive aptly titled "Get the Red Out", a beat USC car smash, and a parade ending with a bonfire at the bottom of Janss Steps.
Student life
Students have access to a variety of activities when not attending class. The campus' location in
Los Angeles makes excursions to local museums, theaters, or other entertainment venues relatively quick and easy. UCLA offers classical
orchestras,
intramural sports, and over 800 student organizations. The student government at UCLA is the Associated Students UCLA (ASUCLA), governed by a student majority board of directors. It is the umbrella organization that includes the two branches of UCLA's student government, the Graduate Students Association (GSA) and the Undergraduate Students Association Council (USAC), the UCLA Store, the Student Union, Restaurants, Trademark & Licensing, and Student Media (including the
UCLA Daily Bruin). The Student Alumni Association (SAA), a branch under the UCLA Alumni Association but entirely student run, is responsible for maintaining and putting on UCLA's oldest and greatest traditions, such as Blue and Gold Week, Senior Send-off, Spring Sing, and Dinners for 12 Strangers amongst many.
Student Government
"USAC" is an acronym for Undergraduate Students Association Council, the governing body of the Undergraduate Students Association (USA) whose membership is comprised of every UCLA undergraduate student. The university has two major political slates,
Bruins United and
Students First!.
USAC's thirteen student officers and commissioners are elected by members of the Undergraduate Students Association at an annual election held during Spring Quarter. In addition to its thirteen elected members, USAC includes appointed representatives of the Administration, the Alumni, and the Faculty, as well as two ex-officio members, the ASUCLA Executive Director and a student Finance Committee Chairperson who is appointed by the USA President and approved by USAC. All members of USAC may participate fully in Council deliberations, but only the thirteen elected student members have a vote.
The USA President appoints more than seventy undergraduates to administrative committees and the Academic Affairs Commissioner Appoints approximately 25 undergraduates to Academic Senate Committees. Students have an opportunity to serve on the ASUCLA Board of Directors and the Communications Board, as well as on other significant committees. Through their participation on these campus-wide committees, UCLA undergraduates have had input into the decision making process at a high level.
USA's programs offer an invaluable service to the campus and surrounding communities and provide an opportunity for thousands of students to participate in and benefit from these endeavors. For example, each year approximately 40,000 students, faculty and staff attend programs of the Campus Events Commission, including a low-cost film program, a speakers program which presents leading figures from a wide range of disciplines, and performances by dozens of outstanding entertainers. Two to three thousand UCLA undergraduates participate annually in the more than twenty voluntary outreach programs run by the Community Service Commission. A large corps of undergraduate volunteers also participate in programs run by the Student Welfare Commission, such as AIDS Awareness, Substance Abuse Awareness, Blood Drives and CPR/First Aid Training.
Traditions
The university has many traditions and annual events involving students, community, or the city. The school hosts events that usually require participation from more than just the student body, and competitions can occasionally involve celebrity judges and performers.
The unique 73-year old Unicamp is UCLA's official charity. It is a summer camp for lower-income children of
Los Angeles, where counselors (called "Woodseys") are volunteers from the student body. Unicamp helps over 500 junior high and high school students in the Los Angeles community through the help of over 300 UCLA student volunteers over the course of the summer.
To introduce new students to clubs and activities, UCLA starts the fall quarter with BruinBash on the Sunday before the first week of class, followed by other Welcome Week activities. The Bash includes a concert, movie, and entertainment. Past performers include
T.I. in 2007 and
Thrice,
Common, and
Xzibit and
Rooney in 2006. BruinBash was created as a replacement for Black Sunday, a large-scale day of partying including all fraternities, in North Westwood Village, where the majority of off-campus students reside adjacent to campus.
UCLA students also participate in "Midnight Yell" during finals week, a tradition where every night at midnight (starting on Sunday of finals week), students go outside and yell as loudly as possible for one minute, giving everyone a chance to take a short break from studying and release some nervous energy. Students who live in on-campus housing are not allowed to participate.
The quarterly Undie Run takes place during the Wednesday evening of Finals Week, when students run through the campus in their underwear or in skimpy costumes. The run first began in Fall of 2001 when a student, Eric Whitehead, wearing what he described as "really short shorts" walked around singing a song and playing a guitar to protest the Police restrictions on the Midnight Yell. With the increasing safety hazards and Police and Administration involvement, a student committee, in order to satisfy concerns but keep the event, changed the route. It was changed to a run through campus to the fountain in front of Powell Library. Now it ends with students cavorting in the fountains outside Powell Library. As attendance increased, committees in charge of organizing the event deemed it necessary to employ the
UC Police during the event, to ward off vandalism and dangerous activity. The Dinner for 12 Strangers, a common tradition among universities, is a gathering of students, alumni, administration and faculty to network around different interests.
The
George and
Ira Gershwin Award was established to recognize their contributions to American music and to honor their gift of "Strike Up the Band for UCLA." The brothers had presented a new fight song, adopted from their musical
Strike Up the Band, to the university.
Various student groups organize schoolwide fundraisers such as the Jazz Reggae Festival, a two-day concert on
Memorial Day weekend that attracts more than 20,000 attendees.
Dance Marathon is an annual event where thousands of student volunteers/dancers raise money, dance, and join together to support the
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation in the fight against pediatric
AIDS. Since 2002, the Marathon has raised over $1,350,000.
During Blue and Gold Week, the week before the USC rivalry football game, there's a "Beat SC" parade and bonfire. Students from the various residential halls, clubs, teams, and alumni organize floats that march through De Neve Drive, ending at Wilson Plaza. The bonfire didn't take place in 2006 due to fire hazard issues. Nonetheless, UCLA won the football game, upsetting the #2 ranked Trojans. This led many to believe that dispelling of the tradition led to the victory.
Media publications
Most student media publications distributed on-campus are governed by the ASUCLA Communications Board. The
Daily Bruin is UCLA's most prominent student publication. Founded in 1919 under the name
Cub Californian, it has since then developed into
Los Angeles' third-most circulated newspaper. It has won over 20 national awards in the last five years, and is regularly commended for layout and content. In 2006, the
Society of Professional Journalists awarded it Best All-Around Daily Newspaper in the national Mark of Excellence Awards. The newspaper hasn't been without scrutiny and controversy, and in 1954, the administration attempted to intervene with the previous policy of electing editors by a student council. UCLA Student Media also publishes seven newsmagazines, each established to serve a special-interest community on campus:
Al-Talib,
Fem,
Ha'Am,
La Gente de Aztlan,
Nommo,
Pacific Ties, and
Outwrite.
Housing
UCLA provides over 9,500 undergraduates with housing, in 14 complexes on the western side of campus. Students can live in halls, plazas, or suites, which vary in pricing and privacy. Housing plans also offer students access to dining facilities. The university also provides housing to a limited number of graduate students. UCLA currently offers three years guaranteed housing to its incoming freshman, and one year to incoming transfer students. The Student Housing Master Plan, released October 2007, outlines goals to improve and expand student housing, including renovating older residential halls and allowing four years of guaranteed housing to all entering freshmen by 2010.
Hospitality
Hospitality constituents of the university include departments not directly related to student life or administration. The Hospitality department manages the UCLA Guest House, a full-service, on-campus hotel. The 61-room Guest House services those visiting the university for campus-related activities. The department also manages the UCLA Conference Center, a 40 acre (0.2 km²)
convention center in the
San Bernardino Mountains near
Lake Arrowhead. Hospitality also operates UCLA Catering, a
Vending Machine distributor, and support for conferences on location.
Faculty and alumni
Six professors (two of whom are current faculty) and four alumni have been awarded the
Nobel Prize for achievements in science and peace; notably
Glenn T. Seaborg ('34). 90 professors are members of the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 52 have been awarded
Guggenheim Fellowships, and seven are
MacArthur Foundation Fellows. In 2006, 54 faculty members were listed as "Highly Cited" by the
Institute for Scientific Information.
Jared Diamond, a professor of
Geography, won the 1998
Pulitzer Prize for his book
Guns, Germs, and Steel.
Terence Tao, professor of
Mathematics, was awarded the 2006
Fields Medal.
Two UCLA professors of history have each won 2008 Pulitzer Prizes for general nonfiction and history.
Saul Friedländer, professor of history and noted scholar of the Nazi Holocaust, won the prize for general nonfiction for his 2006 book, "The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939-1945," and Professor Emeritus Daniel Walker Howe won for his 2007 book, "What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848."
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