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what's special about UCLA it's a great University a magic place of a public education it's a place where you can do and be anything everyone can speak from their perspective in the 20 years that I've been here I have never had any doors shut you could jump from econ to archaeology to philosophy and know that you're going to get the bang for your buck UCLA definitely is a place that encourages us to go beyond the disciplinary boundaries and it doesn't hurt that the Sun shines like 312 days a year you know that helps at any point in time there's probably at least 5,000 different research projects going on on campus if we want to do nanotechnology we have to you know forget about the concept physics is physics chemistry is chemistry so we need a hybrid type of art science approach we have one of the top-ranked medical centers in the world I think we're making history every day the most esoteric of diseases - the most common of medical problems can be treated under one roof you have truly a diverse technologically sophisticated research university that's in the heart of a global world city that's exciting [Music] UCLA was the first University to reach 100 NCAA national championships you are part of this Bruin family in this Peron community being a student-athlete at UCL it has prepared me for the future I'll be excited to look back 20 years and say I was a part of that and I still am a part of it coming into a tradition that already produced accomplished people such as Jackie Robinson coach John Wooden and Kareem abdul-jabbar it's made you want to perform that much better and carry on the legacy [Music] when there's a serious issue that faces this city or this region people automatically turn to UCLA UCLA has a major impact on the economy of Southern California in the country this is such a diverse place not only to interact with other people but also to go get involved in Los Angeles so many avenues and so many organizations and that really allowed me to directly start working with the community I'm a composer I'm the director of the broad stem cell research center I'm in the emotional transportation business and we all cooperate with one another which makes the experience richer for the student who has got the creativity and imagination to come up with an acceleration is going to change this planet we have an impact we're training the future generation of scientists and other creative people I let them know on the first day the state of California has hired me to work for you I learned from them and they learn for me when you've required knowledge as your responsibility to give it that is the idea a journey for the creation of excellence [Music] you

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Length: 3min 31sec (211 seconds)

Published: Mon Sep 13 2010