Donation

As blog readers will know, we like to take note of donations that don't involve brick & mortar construction. From the Bruin: 

The UCLA School of Nursing will be renamed after Joe C. Wen, following a $30 million donation... The donation was the largest-ever gift in the nursing school’s history, which will be UCLA’s first to be named after an Asian American. “For 76 years, there has never been a transformative donation,” said Lin Zhan, dean of the School of Nursing. “This is the first one.”

The donation was intended to increase the visibility of the nursing profession, alleviate structural barriers towards becoming a nurse and inspire other philanthropists to contribute to the School of Nursing, Zhan said. The donation will help support new doctoral students – particularly those in the school’s new dual nursing degree program – and fund enhancements to the School of Nursing’s skills lab and simulations, she added...

Full story at https://dailybruin.com/2025/08/15/uclas-school-of-nursing-adds-joe-c-wen-to-name-after-historic-donation.