am competitively for Club Wolverine, a swimming club associated with the university.[184] NHL players Marty Turco, Chris Summers, Max Pacioretty, Carl Hagelin, Brendan Morrison,[167] Jack Johnson, and Michael Cammalleri[167] all played for U-M's ice hockey team. Baseball Hall of Famer, George Sisler played baseball at the university, also Barry Larkin of the Cincinnati Reds.[167]
The university claims the only alumni association with a chapter on the moon, established in 1971 when the crew of Apollo 15 placed a charter plaque for a new U-M Alumni Association on the lunar surface.[167] The plaque reads: "The Alumni Association of The University of Michigan. Charter Number One. This is to certify that The University of Michigan Club of The Moon is a duly constituted unit of the Alumni Association and entitled to all the rights and privileges under the Association's Constitution." According to the Apollo 15 astronauts, several small U-M flags were brought on the mission. The presence of a U-M flag on the moon is a long-held campus myth.[171]University of California, Los Angeles
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University of California, Los Angeles
The University of California UCLA.svg
Motto Fiat lux (Latin)
Motto in English Let there be light
Established 1882/1919 (became the second UC campus)
Type Public
Endowment US $2.59 billion [1]
Chancellor Gene D. Block[2]
Provost Scott L. Waugh[3]
Academic staff 4,016[4]
Admin. staff 26,139
Students 41,812 (2013)[5]
Undergraduates 28,674 (2013)[5]
Postgraduates 13,138 (2013)[5]
Location Los Angeles, California, United States
34°04′20.00″N 118°26′38.75″WCoordinates: 34°04′20.00″N 118°26′38.75″W
Campus Urban
419 acres (1.7 km²)[6]
Former names University of California Southern Branch (1919–1927)
University of California at Los Angeles (1927–1958)
Newspaper Daily Bruin
Colors UCLA Blue[7]
UCLA Gold[7]
Athletics 22 Varsity Teams
NCAA Division I
Nickname UCLA Bruins
Mascot Joe & Josephine Bruin [8]
Affiliations AAU
Pacific Rim
Pacific-12
University of California
Website ucla.edu
UCLA Logo.svg
The University of California, Los Angeles (UC Los Angeles or UCLA) is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States. It is the second-oldest of the general-education campuses of the University of California system.[9] UCLA is one of the two flagship universities in the UC system (alongside the original University of California campus).[
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