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Mariska Hargitay establishes UCLA acting scholarship

By Greg BraxtonSenior Writer, Culture and Representation 
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‘Law & Order: Special Victims Unit’ star Mariska Hargitay is supporting her alma mater, the UCLA School of Theater Film and Television, with a $100,000 donation toward an acting scholarship.

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‘The scholarship, to be named ‘The Mariska Hargitay Scholarship for Acting Students,’ will be earmarked for graduate and undergraduate studies and will be awarded to students ‘based on need and merit,’ said principals with the school.

[For the record, 3:45 p.m., Sept. 27. An earlier version of this post identified the UCLA school as the UCLA School of Theater Arts and Television instead of the UCLA School of Theater Film and Television.]

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A lifelong Los Angeles resident, Greg Braxton has written for the Los Angeles Times for more than three decades. He currently is a staff writer covering television for the Calendar section, and has also written extensively about trends and cultural issues in the entertainment field.

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