Chancellor Block shared the following message with the Bruin community. Dear Bruin Community: Late last night, a group of instigators came to Royce Quad to forcefully attack the encampment that has been established there to advocate for Palestinian rights. Physical violence ensued, and our campus requested support from external law enforcement agencies to help end…
Chancellor Block shared the following message with the Bruin community. Dear Bruin Community: This past Thursday, a group of demonstrators — both members of the UCLA community and others unaffiliated with our campus — established an unauthorized physical encampment on part of Royce Quad, joining those who have set up similar presences at universities around…
Chancellor Block and EVCP Hunt shared the following message with the Bruin community. Dear Bruin Community: It has been an exciting time for our university as we have grown our footprint to include UCLA Downtown, the UCLA Research Park and UCLA South Bay. Activities are underway at each site that will help deepen our institution’s…
Chancellor Block and EVCP Hunt shared the following message to the Bruin Community. Following a national search, we are pleased to share that Stephen J. Agostini has been appointed UCLA’s vice chancellor and chief financial officer, effective May 6. A seasoned finance leader with experience across many large, complex public institutions, Agostini is currently serving…
Chancellor Block shared the following message to the Bruin Community. Dear Bruin Community: On the heels of our recent acquisitions in the South Bay and downtown Los Angeles, I write to share another groundbreaking development: UCLA has acquired the former Westside Pavilion mall, an expansive 700,000-square-foot property just two miles from our main campus that…
Chancellor Block and Mrs. Block shared the following message with the Bruin community. May your holidays be warm and bright as you continue to carry UCLA’s guiding light. Fiat Lux. Please enjoy this video greeting card from your UCLA family. Gene D. Block Chancellor Mrs. Carol Block
Chancellor Block and EVCP Hunt shared the following message with UCLA faculty and staff. Dear Colleagues: The first goal in Creating the Future: UCLA’s 2023–28 Strategic Plan, which launched last month, is to deepen our engagement with Los Angeles. One significant way we will achieve this goal is through physical expansion within our city and…
Chancellor Block shared the following message with the UCLA campus community. Dear Bruin Community: Periods of conflict in the Middle East have time and again been linked to a global rise in reprehensible acts of Antisemitism, Islamophobia and anti-Arab hate. I am extremely disheartened to say that this has proven true once again, and the…
Chancellor Block shared the following message with the UCLA campus community. Dear Bruin Community: This Saturday, Nov. 11, is Veterans Day — offering us a special moment to honor those who have sacrificed and risked much through their service in our nation’s military. While Veterans Day rightly celebrates all Veterans, it also invites us to…
Chancellor Block shared the following message with the UCLA campus community. Dear Bruin Community: The ongoing conflict in the Middle East has stirred very deep emotions in many of us. But this does not in the least give anyone in our community — or anyone visiting our campus — license to make our students, staff…