On a single campus in one of the world’s most diverse cities, faculty and students in the life sciences, physical sciences, engineering, humanities, arts, medicine, business, and law live and work alongside each other. No wonder knowledge flourishes at UCLA.
PREPARING LANGUAGE PROFESSIONALS The Center for World Languages (CWL) educates the next generation of global professionals,
FROM COMBAT TO CLASSROOM
leading to greater U.S. competitiveness and
Through the Yellow Ribbon Program,
security. In an innovative Russian language
UCLA’s Anderson School of Management
program, students take courses at UCLA and in
and the School of Law provide eligible
St. Petersburg, benefiting from a partnership with
student veterans with a tuition waiver or
The Language Flagship and funding from the U.S.
a grant matched by the Department of
Department of Defense (DOD).
Veterans Affairs (VA). Managed by the VA, the program was established by the Post-
FROM BOOTS TO BUSINESS SUITS
9/11 GI Bill.
Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV) is an innovative program that provides free training in small business management for disabled veterans. The UCLA Anderson School of Management is one of seven sites offering the program, recognized in 2009 by the Department of the Army as a national “best practice” for programs serving soldiers and their families.
STATE-OF-THE-ART SURGICAL CARE FOR MILITARY AND CIVILIAN PATIENTS
PIONEERING NEW NANOSCALE TECHNOLOGIES
The world’s most highly skilled surgeons
The Center on Functional Engineered Nano
learn minimally invasive procedures
Architectonics (FENA) is revolutionizing the
and pioneer a new world of robotics
electronics industry through the creation of new
at UCLA’s Center for Advanced Surgical
nanoscale materials and information-processing
and Interventional Technology (CASIT).
technologies. Established as a DOD Focus Center
Discoveries and developments will help
Research Program (FCRP), FENA is developing
advance not only military care, but
USING CELL PHONES TO DIAGNOSE DISEASE
new digital electronic devices that have broad
civilian care as well.
UCLA electrical engineers have created a compact
implications for the aerospace and defense,
and inexpensive device that converts cell phones
semiconductor, health care, biotechnology and
into microscopes able to quickly and accurately test
telecommunication industries.
for diseases. Partially funded by the Office of Naval Research, this technology paves the way for radical advancements in telemedicine on the battlefield and in rural and underdeveloped areas around the globe.
UCLA. Innovation happens here. New Ideas, New Inventions Addressing modern military challenges—improvised explosive devices, information warfare and weapons of mass destruction— requires new technologies. The knowledge needed to develop such technologies depends on sustained investment in longterm, basic research performed at U.S. universities. DOD research plays a vital role in our nation’s economic and national security. Examples of past DOD-funded innovations include lasers, fiber optics, GPS navigation and stealth technology.
“In 1969, the Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency made a high-risk, high-payoff bet by funding my research at UCLA and other sites across the country to create a packet-switched network called the ARPANET. The payoff on this bet was beyond anyone’s wildest dreams, leading to what we now know as the Internet. The Internet has dramatically changed the way the world functions, has reached almost 30% of the human beings on Earth, and continues to amaze us. Without a doubt, the innovative and imaginative culture of the DOD funders was crucial to bringing about the Internet; they were willing to fund a risky research project with long-term vision, sustained and generous funding, and an open and trusting view toward research management. It is such an approach to DOD research funding that cultivates and nurtures the major breakthroughs that are so characteristic of the United States’ success in high technology.” Dr. Leonard Kleinrock, Distinguished Professor, UCLA
combat and operational stress. Funded
the VA, the project serves as a model for other
dealing with injuries stemming from
between UCLA, Brooke Army Medical Center and
training program for U.S. military families
in Iraq and Afghanistan. A unique partnership
(FOCUS) is a family-centered resiliency
military personnel severely injured during service
Families OverComing Under Stress
Mend provides reconstructive surgeries for U.S.
SUPPORTING U.S. MILITARY CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
With more than 40 patients to date, Operation
TREATING AMERICA’S WOUNDED WARRIORS
medical institutions interested in helping wounded service members.
EASING THE TRANSITION FROM MILITARY TO CAMPUS LIFE The Veterans Resource Office (VRO) provides specialized services and programs to help
by the DOD Office of Family Policy, FOCUS services are provided at the UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, as well as 14 military installations across the U.S.
veterans make the transition from military to student life. The VRO is a community of Bruins dedicated to helping student veterans develop practical life skills and reach their full potential.
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37 million people of California.
– Gene Block, Chancellor “Through their military service, UCLA’s veterans have epitomized our mission to serve our community. We can never fully repay them for their extraordinary commitment to our nation, but we are honored to call them Bruins.” Since 1920, the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) has been an integral part of UCLA campus life. During World War II, UCLA’s ROTC was committed to preparing Bruins to serve our nation—and between 1942 and 1946, nearly 2,000 people trained in the Navy program at UCLA. Today, UCLA ROTC enables students to qualify for commission as an officer in the U.S. Army, Navy, Marine Corps, or Air Force while completing college.
Providing Leadership and Military Training Supporting the Armed Forces Through Research, Education and Service UCLA takes great pride in its long-standing partnership with the federal government in support of veterans’ education, military readiness, health care for injured service members and Defense basic research. The university’s tradition of academic excellence and its culture of innovation support the courageous men and women who serve in the U.S. Armed Forces. Image taken from Combat Casualty Care DVD training program showing ultrasound being used in trauma care to help diagnose and track patient's condition at the Air Force Theater Hospital at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. Credit: UCLA/Pelagique