Like the city in which it was born, UCLA is a beacon of innovation and invention. In the past 10 years, we have laid the groundwork for a second century of progress and transformative change.
In his speech to new students, UCLA Chancellor Gene Block praised the newest Bruins for reaching an important milestone, and encouraged them to embrace even challenging ideas.
The voluntary service announced by Chancellor Gene Block will eventually be made available to the entire campus community, including those receiving care through UCLA Health.
“As a university we have a deep commitment to research innovative solutions for tomorrow, to serve the greater public good and to educate the leaders of future generations,” said Chancellor Gene Block.
With the start today of a weeklong celebration of International Education Week at UCLA, Chancellor Gene Block offers his views on why global perspectives and cultural fluency are vital for students to be successful in the 21st century.
Many UCLA scholars devote their careers to preparing students for a lifetime of public service. That commitment takes on special meaning in an election year.
Teams of UCLA students, staff and faculty who have created clever, first-of-their-kind software and applications that use the latest technologies to help solve problems unveiled the result of thousands of hours of hard work Thursday at a campus conference.
The project asked UCLA students to use their skills to build an app that uses voice and speech recognition to analyze and improve the dynamics of group interactions.
The campus community gathered Wednesday for an evening devoted primarily to sleep and heard sound advice about how to wake up refreshed and rejuvenated from a panel of experts.
UCLA students can now compete for a chance to assist UCLA Chancellor Gene Block with developing his idea into a mobile application that will use voice and speech recognition to analyze and improve the dynamics of group interactions.
UCLA Chancellor Gene Block and UCLA psychologist Patricia Greenfield were part of a panel discussing the downside of the digital revolution at a Zócalo/UCLA event at the Museum of Contemporary Art.
Chancellor Gene Block and students meet with congressional leaders, White House officials and executives from cultural and advocacy groups to talk candidly about race, diversity and immigration.
Special Olympics World Games executives on Nov. 30 presented UCLA Chancellor Gene Block with a commemorative torch to thank the campus for hosting athletes and events last summer.
UCLA Chancellor Gene Block writes in a Los Angeles Times op-ed that President Obama’s proposal to make two years of community college free is a bold step to equalize opportunity for all.
Speaking at the first CTSI seminar of the academic year, Block told the audience about some of the challenges the university faces in the future and about the importance of interdisciplinary scholarship.