Supporting Our Students
2022: Dr. Mani L. Bhaumik
Founder of the Mani L. Bhaumik Institute for Theoretical Physics at UCLA and the Mani L. Bhaumik Presidential Chair in Theoretical Physics.
2020: Andrea Ghez
Winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics and UCLA’s Lauren B. Leichtman and Arthur E. Levine Professor of Astrophysics.
2019: Mayim Bialik
UCLA alumna (B.S. Neuroscience ’00, PhD ’07), bestselling author, star of “The Big Bang Theory,” and advocate for STEM education and women in science.
2018: Danica McKellar
UCLA alumna (B.S. Mathematics ’98 with highest honors), actress and New York Times best-selling author.
2017: Anna Fisher
UCLA alumna (B.S. Chemistry ’71, M.D. ’76, M.S. Chemistry ’87), retired astronaut and UCLA Education Pioneer awardee.