Chancellor Block sent the following message to the UCLA campus community. Over the past week many of our staff, faculty, students and their families have faced the devastating wildfires raging in California and some have suffered harrowing losses as a result. I know others in our community may also have been affected by or know…
To the Campus Community: You are invited to join fellow Bruins at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, November 9, for our annual Veterans Day ceremony at Wilson Plaza. Each year, we take this time to celebrate the men and women who have courageously dedicated themselves to defending our nation by serving in the U.S. armed forces…
Chancellor Block sent the following message to the UCLA campus community. The past week has been particularly painful for our nation. A gunman with a history of racism, who had tried to target a predominantly African-American church, murdered two African-Americans at a Kentucky grocery store. And a white nationalist stormed a Pennsylvania synagogue and murdered…
Chancellor Block sent the following message to the UCLA campus community. As we celebrate Indigenous People’s Day, I am pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Mishuana R. Goeman as Special Advisor to the Chancellor on Native American and Indigenous Affairs. As UCLA approaches our centennial year, it is important that we prioritize respect for…
Chancellor Block sent the following message to the UCLA campus community. Welcome back, Bruins! I am thrilled to begin a new year of learning and exploring together at the nation’s number one public university. I’m sure this will be a year of discovery and growth, and I hope you will use UCLA’s many resources to…
Chancellor Block sent the following message to the UCLA campus community. Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Scott Waugh has informed me that he plans to step down and return to UCLA’s faculty effective June 30, 2019. While I am pleased that he will have the opportunity to pursue his research and scholarship full time, I…
Chancellor Block and Vice Chancellor Turteltaub sent the following message to the UCLA campus community. A little more than four years ago, UCLA publicly launched what was the largest capital campaign goal ever undertaken by a public university: To raise $4.2 billion by the end of 2019, UCLA’s 100th anniversary year. Today, we are very proud…
Chancellor Block sent the following message to the UCLA campus community. I am pleased to announce that effective today, University Communications and Public Outreach, which had formerly resided in External Affairs, will become a separate division in my administration called the Office of Strategic Communications. Communications is an increasingly dynamic and important field, with rapid…
Chancellor Block and Professor Valenzuela sent the following message to the UCLA campus community. For over a year now, immigrant communities on our campus and across the nation have struggled with uncertainty as ongoing debate in Washington threatens and leaves unresolved the future of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. At the same…
Chancellor Block sent the following message to the UCLA campus community. Free speech and intellectual debate, even when uncomfortable, are critical for thriving communities. And yet some speech, although legally protected, is intended primarily to insult, demean and spark outrage among members of our community. Recently a student group invited an outside speaker to give…