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An even Bigger Bang: Chuck Lorre’s $24.5 million gift to empower low-income STEM students
New UCLA Chuck Lorre Scholars Program will boost scholarship funding and cultivate leaders in science and technology
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Bazinga! ‘The Big Bang Theory’ to support twice as many UCLA students
25 undergraduates who received the scholarship visited the cast and crew as the show wraps its final season
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‘The Big Bang Theory’ creates scholarship fund for STEM students at UCLA
A co-creator and the cast and crew of the hit television show “The Big Bang Theory” have endowed a scholarship fund at UCLA to provide financial aid to undergraduate students pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields.