Dear Bruin Community: Today is the deadline to register to vote in California for the November election. In addition to weighing in on the candidates running for office, California voters have the opportunity to vote on a number of state and local ballot propositions that will directly affect UCLA and our community. Voters who do not register…
Chancellor Block sent the following message to the UCLA campus community. Dear Bruin Community: I am delighted to share that Andrea Ghez, UCLA’s Lauren B. Leichtman and Arthur E. Levine Professor of Astrophysics, has been awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in physics. Professor Ghez was notified early this morning of the award, which honors her pioneering…
Chancellor Block sent the following message to the UCLA campus community. Dear Bruin Community: It is my great pleasure to welcome you to the start of UCLA’s 2020–21 academic year. Linked above is a short video greeting that offers some of my thoughts on this distinctive time in our institution’s 101-year history. I wish you…
Chancellor Block and Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Carter sent the following message to the UCLA campus community. Dear Bruin Community: This summer has been a time of introspection and rededication as people and institutions across the United States have wrestled with how to address structural and other forms of racism. Last week’s decision in…
Chancellor Block sent the following message to the UCLA campus community. Dear Bruin Community: While these have been somewhat dark and difficult times for everyone, I wanted to take a moment to share some light in the form of good news: UCLA was just ranked the No. 1 public university in the nation for the fourth year…
Chancellor Block sent the following message to the UCLA campus community. Dear Bruin Community: This is undoubtedly a momentous time in our history, as the world grapples with the coronavirus pandemic, our country struggles to address persistent racial injustice and we stand on the cusp of immensely consequential U.S. elections just two months away. One…
Chancellor Block sent the following message to the UCLA campus community Dear Bruin Community: Across our nation, and indeed the world, institutions of every type are wrestling with how to vanquish structural racism and inequality. The success of UCLA’s efforts in this realm is central to the overall success of our university’s mission. To help…
Chancellor Block sent the following message to UCLA staff. Dear UCLA Staff: I am continually impressed by and grateful for your incredible dedication to this great institution. Even as we face new challenges and uncertainties, you remain undaunted in your support for UCLA’s mission. Since we cannot be together at the All-Staff Picnic in Dickson…
Chancellor Block sent the following message to UCLA faculty and staff. Dear UCLA Faculty and Staff: As we approach fall, UCLA continues to face significant COVID-19–related budget challenges — a reality we expect to reverberate long after the pandemic ends. With just a fraction of our students in on-campus housing, alongside other factors, UCLA will…
Chancellor Block sent the following message to the UCLA campus community. Dear Bruin Community: Earlier today, the Pac-12 Conference made the difficult decision to postpone all fall intercollegiate athletics competitions among its member institutions, which include UCLA, and to examine the possibility of a return to play in the new year. This was a decision…