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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001083839-15-000035
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	NSAR-B
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		4
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20141231
FILED AS OF DATE:		20150302
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20150302
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20150302

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Nuveen Core Equity Alpha Fund
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001385763
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MA

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		NSAR-B
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-22003
		FILM NUMBER:		15664564

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		333 WEST WACKER DRIVE
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60606
		BUSINESS PHONE:		312-917-8146

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		333 WEST WACKER DRIVE
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60606
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SIGNATURE   STEPHEN D. FOY
TITLE       V.P. & CONTROLLER

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting
Firm


To the Board of Trustees and Shareholders of
Nuveen Closed-End Funds:

In planning and performing our audits of the financial
statements of the funds listed in Appendix A ( the Funds ), as of
and for the year or period ended December 31, 2014, in
accordance with the standards of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States), we considered the
Funds internal control over financial reporting, including
controls over safeguarding securities, as a basis for designing our
auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing our opinion on
the financial statements and to comply with the requirements of
Form N-SAR, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion
on the effectiveness of the Funds internal control over financial
reporting.  Accordingly, we do not express an opinion on the
effectiveness of the Funds internal control over financial
reporting.
The management of the Funds is responsible for establishing and
maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting.
In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and judgments by
management are required to assess the expected benefits and
related costs of controls.  A companys internal control over
financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable
assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the
preparation of financial statements for external purposes in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.  A
companys internal control over financial reporting includes
those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance
of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect
the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company;
(2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded
as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and
that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made
only in accordance with authorizations of management and the
Board of Trustees of the company; and (3)  provide reasonable
assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of
unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of a companys
assets that could have a material effect on the financial
statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial
reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements.  Also,
projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods
are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate
because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of
compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

A deficiency in internal control over financial reporting exists
when the design or operation of a control does not allow
management or employees, in the normal course of performing
their assigned functions, to prevent or detect misstatements on a
timely basis.  A material weakness is a deficiency, or a
combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial
reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a
material misstatement of the Funds annual or interim financial
statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.

Our consideration of the Funds internal control over financial
reporting was for the limited purpose described in the first
paragraph and would not necessarily disclose all deficiencies in
internal control over financial reporting that might be material
weaknesses under standards established by the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States).  However, we noted
no deficiencies in the Funds internal control over financial
reporting and its operation, including controls over safeguarding
securities that we consider to be material weaknesses as defined
above as of December 31, 2014.

This report is intended solely for the information and use of
management and the Board of Trustees and the Securities and
Exchange Commission and is not intended to be and should not
be used by anyone other than these specified parties.



/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Chicago, IL
February 27, 2015

































APPENDIX A
Closed End Funds
Nuveen S&P 500 Buy-Write Income Fund
(formerly Nuveen Equity Premium Income Fund)

Nuveen Dow 30SM Dynamic Overwrite Fund

Nuveen S&P 500 Dynamic Overwrite Fund
(formerly Nuveen Equity Premium and Growth Fund)

Nuveen NASDAQ 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund

Nuveen Global High Income Fund

Nuveen Global Equity Income Fund

Nuveen Core Equity Alpha Fund

Nuveen Mortgage Opportunity Term Fund

Nuveen Mortgage Opportunity Term Fund 2


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<TYPE>EX-99.77C VOTES
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Form N-SAR, Sub-Item 77C
Submission of matters to a vote of security holders


Nuveen Core Equity Alpha Fund
811-22003

A special meeting of shareholders was held in the offices of
Nuveen Investments on August 5, 2014 for the above-
referenced fund.  At this meeting the shareholders were asked
to vote to approve a new investment management agreement,
to approve a new sub-advisory agreement and to elect Board
Members.


The results of the shareholder votes
are as follows:

<table>
<c>
<c> Common shares

To approve a new investment
management agreement between the
Fund and Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC.


   For
           7,089,765
   Against
              194,630
   Abstain
              188,514
   Broker Non-Votes
           2,097,542
      Total
           9,570,451


To approve a new sub-advisory
agreement between Nuveen Fund
Advisors and the Funds sub-advisor(s) as
follows:


a. Nuveen Fund Advisors and Nuveen
b. Asset Management, LLC.

   For
           7,036,166
   Against
              232,626
   Abstain
              204,117
   Broker Non-Votes
           2,097,542
      Total
           9,570,451


g. Nuveen Fund Advisors and INTECH
Investment Management LLC.

   For
           7,036,296
   Against
              230,132
   Abstain
              206,481
   Broker Non-Votes
           2,097,542
      Total
           9,570,451


</table>

Proxy materials are herein incorporated by reference to the SEC
filing under Conformed Submission Type DEF 14A, accession
number 0001193125-14-242583, on June 19, 2014.

</TEXT>
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<TYPE>EX-99.77Q1 OTHR EXHB
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Form N-SAR, Sub-Item 77q1(e)
Any new or amended investment advisory contracts


Nuveen Core Equity Alpha Fund
811-22003

We hereby incorporate by reference a new
Investment Advisory agreement, and a new Sub-
Advisory Agreement a form of which was filed as
Appendix L and Appendix M, respectively, under
Conformed Submission Type DEF 14A, accession
number 0001193125-14-242583, on June 19, 2014.

</TEXT>
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