Chancellor Block sent the following message to the UCLA Bruin Community. Dear Bruin Community: Please join me this Thursday, May 26 at 10 a.m. in Wilson Plaza as the UCLA community comes together to commemorate Memorial Day. Though too often lost amidst barbecues and early summer celebrations, Memorial Day offers us an important opportunity to…
Chancellor Block sent the following message to the UCLA Bruin Community. Dear Bruin Community: Yesterday we were left horrified by yet another hate-driven attack — this time at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, where a gunman who espoused white supremacist ideology shot 13 people, most of them Black. Our hearts are heavy as we…
Chancellor Block sent the following message to the UCLA Bruin Community. Dear Bruin Community: I write today — on Earth Day — to share UCLA’s inaugural Sustainability Plan, bringing together for the first time our campus’s many efforts to advance environmental health, social equity and economic vitality for our institution, community and region. I encourage…
Chancellor Block shared the following message with the UCLA campus community. Dear Bruin Community: With spring quarter in full bloom and a new energy across our campus, we have so much to be thankful for and look forward to in the months ahead. At the same time, we also have much to reflect upon, now…
Chancellor Block, Interim EVCP Levine, Vice Chancellor Gorden and Academic Senate Chair Cattelino sent the following message to the UCLA Bruin Community. Dear Bruin Community: Throughout the winter quarter, members of the UCLA administration and UCLA Academic Senate met with representatives from the Disabled Student Union, USAC and the Mother Organizations Coalition to discuss a…
Chancellor Block shared the following message with the UCLA campus community. Dear Bruin Community: Have a fantastic first day of classes! After a challenging winter, we’re looking forward to the spring and all it will bring — longer days, warmer weather, First Thursdays in Westwood, Spring Sing (in person!) and so much more. Many in…
Chancellor Block sent the following message to the UCLA Bruin Community. Dear Bruin Community: Following up on my recent message about the departure of Gregg Goldman, I am pleased to announce that Allison Baird-James, currently UCLA’s associate vice chancellor of business and finance solutions, has agreed to serve as our interim vice chancellor and chief…
Chancellor Block, Interim EVCP Levine and Vice Chancellors Gorden and Spain Bradley sent the following message to the UCLA Bruin Community. Dear Bruin Community: UCLA strives to be an inclusive institution where we respect the dignity and well-being of all members of our diverse community, including people of every gender. We were therefore pleased when…
Chancellor Block shared the following message with the UCLA campus community. Dear Bruin Community: Earlier this quarter, when a person in Colorado made violent threats and hateful comments towards members of our campus, UCPD worked with other law enforcement agencies to quickly investigate and have the individual taken into custody. While this was the best…
Chancellor Block shared the following message with the UCLA campus community. Dear Bruin Community: Vice Chancellor and Chief Financial Officer Gregg Goldman has informed me that he will be leaving UCLA on April 1 to become chief financial officer and senior vice president of finance for Hillspire, LLC, the integrated family office of Eric and Wendy…