Chancellor Block and Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Carter sent the following message to students, administrative officers, deans, department chairs, directors, vice chancellors and vice provosts:. Dear Students and Colleagues: We know that, for many UCLA students, living on campus is an important part of the college experience. Our inability to open fully our residence…
Chancellor Block sent the following message to the UCLA campus community. Dear Bruin Community: The trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd has left many of us to revisit that heartbreaking killing of nearly one year ago. Doing so has been made even more difficult by the killing of…
Chancellor Block and Vice Chancellor Spain Bradley sent the following message to the UCLA campus community. Dear Bruin Community: The killing of Daunte Wright this week has left many of us in our nation and our community heartbroken and upset. This is only compounded by the fact that a few miles away in Minneapolis, we…
Chancellor Block sent the following message to the UCLA campus community. Dear Bruin Community: Graduation from UCLA is a deeply meaningful milestone. It is a moment for our graduates to celebrate years of hard work, reflect on their academic journeys and honor a time of great transition in their lives. This year, the dangers posed…
Chancellor Block and Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Carter sent the following message to the UCLA campus community. Dear Bruin Community: The racial justice movements that have been sweeping the nation over the past year are prompting important and pressing discussions about the dynamics of race, racism, policing and public safety here on our campus…
Chancellor Block and Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Carter sent the following message to the UCLA campus community. Dear Bruin Community: More than a year ago, many of us left the UCLA campus unsure of when we would return. Now, with Los Angeles County recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccines becoming more widely available,…
Chancellor Block and Vice Chancellor Spain Bradley sent the following message to the UCLA campus community. Dear Bruin Community: Just one month ago, you received a BruinPost addressing a series of violent, hateful incidents targeting members of the Asian, Asian American and Pacific Islander community here in California. Today, with a heavy heart, we write…
Chancellor Block and Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Carter sent the following message to the UCLA campus community. Dear Bruin Community: March 10 marks a solemn milestone for UCLA. One year ago, in response to the burgeoning threat posed by COVID-19, we made the decision to suspend in-person classes and move to remote instruction. It…
Chancellor Block sent the following message to the UCLA campus community. Dear Bruin Community: You may have seen the video of a 91-year-old man in Oakland’s Chinatown being pushed facedown into a sidewalk, or heard of the 84-year-old Thai native who recently died after being assaulted on his morning walk in San Francisco. Perhaps you…
Chancellor Block sent the following message to the UCLA campus community. Dear Bruin Community: The arts are an essential part of our lives: They encourage creativity and imagination, expose us to new ideas, provide opportunities for expression as well as reflection, and connect us across disciplines, geographies, backgrounds and perspectives. The arts have also long…