Which US universities are comparable to UCLA?

[beyphy]

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As related to barron’s link above, here’s the youtube of UCLA L&S Commencement 2012, in which Chancellor Block awarded the UCLA medal to Dr. Paul Teraski, a bac, masters, PHD alumnus in zoology, degrees UCLA doesn’t award any more. The awarding and Dr. Terasaki’s subsequent short speech begins at 1:00:08.

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<p>This was at my commencement. It was a great speech by Terasaki.</p>