UCLA Connects:
Listening Exercise
In the spirit of connecting with our community, I am pleased to invite you to participate in a comprehensive, active UCLA Connects: Listening Exercise. This is a series of conversations that will bring together every school and unit on our campus, including UCLA Health, and include voices from every group in our wider Bruin family.
I will be at each session with open ears and an open heart. What you share will help me better understand our community’s hopes and aspirations — and will shape the vision I lay out at my inauguration on June 5. I am also looking for ways to fine-tune the goals in our 2023-28 Strategic Plan, so we can keep our mission of teaching, learning, and service front and center.
On this dedicated listening exercise web page, we will share the progress of the exercise and the insights that come out of it. Please take some time to read through the page and share your thoughts and ideas with me.
I look forward to meeting with you, hearing from you, learning from you and developing a shared vision for our remarkable university.
We are One UCLA.
Julio Frenk
Chancellor
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We want to hear from you!
Your voice is critical in shaping the future of our university.
UCLA Samueli Listening Exercise
At the chancellor’s Listening Exercise at the Samueli School of Engineering on February 13, 2025, attendees expressed a variety of hopes and concerns for the future of the university. Many speakers focused on the need for increased support for staff, who they felt were overworked and under-resourced. They further emphasized the importance of empowering staff…
UCLA Alum Listening Exercise
UCLA Alums expressed keen interest in various aspects of the university, including its vision for the future, strategic planning, and efforts to ensure affordability for students and faculty. Discussions revolved around the impact of potential reductions in federal funding for research and the university’s approach to incorporating emerging technologies like AI into undergraduate programs. Alums…
UCLA Anderson Listening Exercise
Attendees at the UCLA Connects: Listening Exercise at UCLA Anderson expressed a variety of ideas, concerns and hopes for the future of UCLA. Chancellor Julio Frenk emphasized the importance of standing firm against divisive rhetoric and promoting diversity and inclusion. He stressed the need for transparency in university spending, particularly regarding indirect costs, and committed…