In today’s episode of “People Doing Good”, the cast of hit TV series The Big Bang Theory have created a $4 million scholarship for students from low income families.
The endowment will go directly to 20 low-income students entering the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields at UCLA this year and then benefit five new students each academic year in perpetuity. The inaugural class will be announced this fall at the show’s set in Burbank, CA with cast and crew in attendance.
A little #FunFact, Mayim Bialik, who plays Amy on the show, actually received a Ph.D in neuroscience form the school. In the official statement, UCLA Chancellor Gene Block said, “We are grateful for The Big Bang Theory Scholarship Endowment, whose contributors agree with us that economic standing should not hinder a deserving student’s shot at a degree from a university of UCLA’s caliber.”
