As a UCLA student in the 1940s, Meyer Luskin decided he could not make a living with a history degree. “It’s going to be a dangerous outcome if people continue to get so caught up in daily and transitory events without a true vision of where we’ve been and where we’re going.” Southern California business leader Meyer Luskin and his …
Students walk on the UCLA campus in 2021. The university received a $20-million gift, which will be used for the Goodman-Luskin Microbiome Center to develop treatments for autoimmune diseases. UCLA received a $20-million gift to help establish a center dedicated to the study of microbes, which contribute to autoimmune diseases such as diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis and muscular dystrophy, the school …