Alumni Meyer and Renee Luskin donate $100 million to School of Public Affairs and the construction of controversial conference center and faculty club

UCLA has received a $100 million donation, the second-largest donation in the university’s history.
Alumni Meyer and Renee Luskin gave $50 million to the UCLA School of Public Affairs.
The other $50 million will go toward the construction of a residential conference center and faculty club, which will be built on the location of the current Faculty Center.

UC President Mark Yudof denounces proposed cuts in state funding to university

Gov. Jerry Brown released a budget proposal this morning that would slash $500 million in funding to the University of California. If adopted, the total tuition payments of UC students would for the first time exceed the state’s contribution to the university’s general fund.