Marsha Kinder, professor of critical studies at the USC School of Cinema-Television, has received a Fulbright scholarship under the Agreement on Friendship, Defense and Cooperation between the United States and Spain.
LeRoy Boys Home, a nonprofit residential treatment center for boys, has been given a $1,000 grant from Pomona First Federal Savings & Loan Assn.
The Laguna Moulton Playhouse has received a $50,000 grant from the W. M.
The UCLA Graduate School of Management has received a $250,000 endowment from the Security Pacific Foundation for its research in financial markets, according to Dean Clay La Force.
The Art Center College of Design has received a $50,000 grant from the Ahmanson Foundation.
A $2-million grant to establish a molecular genetics program has been awarded the UCLA School of Medicine by the Weingart Foundation.
Celeste Tavera, a resident of Orange, was one of 11 singers to win the National Metropolitan Opera Auditions Sunday in New York.
Elizabeth Koch, a fifth-year student at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo's School of Architecture has been awarded a $500 scholarship for architectural research in hotel programming and planning.
For the second time this month, KCET Channel 28 has received a major grant.
Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden has been given $25,000 by the Institute of Museum Services.
The state Department of Forestry has awarded the city a $1,000 grant to buy radio dispatch equipment for the Fire Department.
Kelvin Wong, 17, a senior at South Pasadena High School, was one of 30 finalists awarded $1,000 in cash at the 45th annual Westinghouse Science Talent Search competition this month in Washington.
Loretta Ruttenberg of Mar Vista, an art student at Santa Monica College, has been awarded a $475 scholarship to continue her studies this fall at the University of California, San Diego.
Caltech has received a $60,000 grant from the Committee on Educational Aid of E.I.
Harvey Mudd College has received a $150,000 grant from the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation.
The La Habra Children's Museum has received a $30,856 grant from the national Institute of Museum Services.
South Coast Repertory and 12 other California arts organizations have been awarded grants totaling $260,000 from the Shubert Foundation--part of the $3.3 million awarded to 199 arts institutions in 26 states.
The Santa Monica College Board of Trustees has accepted a $6,000 donation from the GTE Foundation to offset the cost of installing a remote broadcast transmitter for KCRW (89.9 FM), the college radio station.
Valerie Samson, a Ph.D. candidate in music composition at UCLA's College of Fine Arts, has won the $1,000 John Lennon Award for graduate students in music.