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Gene Block

UCLA 2012-13: The Year in Review

Chancellor Block highlights UCLA’s signature achievements of the 2012-13 academic year. Commencement ceremonies today in Pauley Pavilion and this weekend throughout the campus will bring to a close a monumentally successful academic year for UCLA. In ways both great and…

Announcing the UCLA Veterans Initiative

Chancellor Block announces a new initiative to support U.S. military veterans. Did you know that UCLA research on brain injuries has revolutionized the way soldiers are diagnosed and treated? Or that our business school faculty provides free training to disabled…

Announcing the Healthy Campus Initiative

Chancellor Block announces a new campus-wide effort to embrace healthy choices in all aspects of our lives. I am delighted to invite you to join me next week for a special event to launch UCLA’s Healthy Campus Initiative. Through this…

Election Results and Our Campus Financial Picture

The passage of California’s Proposition 30 lends a measure of sorely lacking stability to state funding. By now, you likely have heard that Proposition 30, the governor’s tax measure on the statewide ballot, has been approved by voters. This is…

Veterans Day Ceremony, November 9

UCLA’s Veterans Day Ceremony provides an opportunity to thank those who sacrifice so much to defend our freedom. One of UCLA’s outstanding traditions is honoring Bruins who have served in the military. Our annual Veterans Day Ceremony provides a special…

Announcing UCLA’s Tobacco-Free Campus Policy

UCLA will become a tobacco-free campus effective April 22, 2013. I am proud to inform you that I have accepted the recommendation of UCLA’s Tobacco-Free Steering Committee that UCLA become a tobacco-free campus effective April 22, 2013. Once the policy…

Welcome to 2012–13 at UCLA

Chancellor Block welcomes students, staff and faculty to the start of the 2012–13 academic year. Welcome to 2012–13 at UCLA! Even as we celebrate the promise of a new academic year, and the opportunities that lie ahead, this is shaping…

Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the Morrill Act

Chancellor Block recognizes the sesquicentennial of the Morrill Act, a major milestone in expanding and democratizing American public higher education. One hundred fifty years ago today, on July 2, 1862, in the cruel crucible of the Civil War, President Abraham…