Category: Partnerships and Grants

Group photos of students in white coats standing in the lab
September 19, 2022
CZI Announces Partnership to Advance Genomics Research at the Four Historically Black Medical Colleges
Award Represents 2nd Largest Private Donation in CDU History The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) has announced a partnership...
CDU President Dr. David Carlisle stands with Congresswoman Nanette Barragán during the bill presentation.
August 15, 2022
Congresswoman Nanette Barragán Visits Campus for Bill Presentation
Congresswoman Nanette Barragán visited campus to present the H.R.189 – John Lewis National Institute on...
Group photo of the $5,000 check presentation from the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.
July 19, 2022
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. Donates $5,000
The Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. visited the campus in July to make a $5k...
Charles R. Drew University's lab with text overlayed saying "CTSI Receives $59M"
July 05, 2022
Clinical and Translational Science Institute Receives $59M Grant
The UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI), a research partnership among UCLA, Charles R....
Instructor in front of students in class.
July 01, 2022
SON Receives HRSA Funding for Disadvantaged Students
CDU has been awarded a grant in the amount $650,000 from the Health Resources and...
Kibebe Gizaw, McMillan-Stewart Foundation President, delivers two checks – $400,000 for scholarships and $200,000 for SSA II – to CDU staff.
June 21, 2022
McMillan-Stewart Foundation Endows $600,000 to CDU
The McMillan-Stewart Foundation endowed $600,000 to CDU for student scholarships and the Saturday Science Academy...
Group photo of CDU Students with ServiconCares.
June 15, 2022
ServiconCares Announces Scholarship Fund for CDU Students
ServiconCares announced the Mahdesian Family/ServiconCares Scholarship Fund for CDU, which will consist of $75,000 per...
Headshot photos of Dr. Judith Currier, chief of the UCLA Division of Infectious Diseases; Dr. LaShonda Spencer, professor of clinical pediatrics and internal medicine at CDU; and Jerome Zack, chair of the UCLA Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics
May 26, 2022
UCLA/CDU Center for AIDS Research Receives $11M NIH Grant 
The National Institutes of Health has awarded UCLA/CDU Center for AIDS Research a five-year, $11...
CDU President Dr. David Carlisle holds his signed Memorandum of Understanding the special Three-Year Bachelor Degree program.
April 28, 2022
CDU Signs MOU for Three-Year Bachelor’s Degree Program 
CDU, Compton College, and Compton Unified School District (CUSD) held a special virtual event to...
Photo of the outside of the W. M. Keck Foundation Allied Health Building.
March 02, 2022
CDU Receives $20 Million Donation from Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott
Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has made a $20 million donation to CDU, a one-time gift that...