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. PIONEERING NEW NANOSCALE TECHNOLOGIES The Center on Functional Engineered Nano Architectonics (FENA) is revolutionizing the electronics industry through the creation of new nanoscale materials and information-processing technologies. Established as a DOD Focus Center Research Program (FCRP), FENA is developing new digital electronic devices that have broad implications for the aerospace and defense, semiconductor, health care, biotechnology and telecommunication industries. STATE-OF-THE-ART SURGICAL CARE FOR MILITARY AND CIVILIAN PATIENTS FROM COMBAT TO CLASSROOM Through the Yellow Ribbon Program, UCLA’s Anderson School of Management and the School of Law provide eligible student veterans with a tuition waiver or a grant matched by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Managed by the VA, the program was established by the Post- 9/11 GI Bill. PREPARING LANGUAGE PROFESSIONALS The Center for World Languages (CWL) educates the next generation of global professionals, leading to greater U.S. competitiveness and security. In an innovative Russian language program, students take courses at UCLA and in St. Petersburg, benefiting from a partnership with The Language Flagship and funding from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD). 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 long- term, 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. FROM BOOTS TO BUSINESS SUITS 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. USING CELL PHONES TO DIAGNOSE DISEASE UCLA electrical engineers have created a compact and inexpensive device that converts cell phones into microscopes able to quickly and accurately test 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. “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 The world’s most highly skilled surgeons learn minimally invasive procedures and pioneer a new world of robotics at UCLA’s Center for Advanced Surgical and Interventional Technology (CASIT). Discoveries and developments will help advance not only military care, but civilian care as well.