Chancellor Block sent the following message to UCLA students. Dear Bruin Students: In times that continue to challenge us, I believe it is important to seize upon the moments that bring our Bruin community together and offer us chances for celebration. Here’s one such moment: UCLA was just named the No. 1 public university in…
Chancellor Block sent the following message to the UCLA campus community. Dear Bruin Community: September 11, 2001 was a painful and pivotal day for our nation. Twenty years ago, airplanes hijacked by terrorists crashed into the World Trade Center towers in New York, the Pentagon in Virginia and a field in Pennsylvania. As the Twin…
Chancellor Block and Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Carter sent the following message to the UCLA campus community. Dear Bruin Community: The widespread return to campus that will take place this month offers us a moment both to recognize the great strides the UCLA community has made in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic and to…
Chancellor Block and Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Carter sent the following message to the UCLA campus community. Dear Bruin Community: Yesterday, University of California President Michael Drake unveiled the UC Community Safety Plan, a systemwide framework for improving safety operations on the UC campuses so that all members of our community feel welcome, respected,…
Chancellor Block sent the following message to UCLA faculty and staff. Dear Colleagues: I am pleased to announce the appointment of Thomas Rando as director of the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA, effective October 1, 2021. Dr. Rando is currently professor of neurology and neurological sciences…
Chancellor Block and Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Carter sent the following message to the UCLA campus community. Dear Bruin Community: University of California President Michael Drake announced today that UC will observe Juneteenth — a day recognizing and celebrating the end of slavery in the United States — as a universitywide holiday. President Drake’s…
Chancellor Block sent the following message to UCLA leadership. Dear Colleagues: I am pleased to announce the appointment of Mark C. Krause as associate vice chancellor and chief compliance and audit officer. He will take up the position on June 21. In this critical role, Krause will serve as UCLA’s principal advisor to campus leadership…
Chancellor Block and Vice Chancellor Spain Bradley sent the following message to the UCLA campus community. Dear Bruin Community: Anti-Semitism has no place in our community. The recent attacks in Los Angeles and throughout the country have highlighted concerns about the rising violence and bigotry against Jewish people and have left Jewish Bruins feeling targeted,…
Chancellor Block and Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Carter sent the following message to the UCLA campus community. Dear Bruin Community: This past year — and for many years prior — we have seen families and communities across the nation in anguish as people of color have been killed by police. That outrage has helped…
Chancellor Block and Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Carter sent the following message to UCLA faculty and staff. Dear Colleagues: In recognition of everything that UCLA employees have done to keep our institution moving forward this past year, we are very pleased to announce that all eligible, policy-covered UCLA faculty and staff will receive a…