The Los Angeles Business Council recognized Chancellor Gene Block for UCLA’s investments in student housing, which led to the first housing guarantee in the UC system. The summit also featured a recent report that UCLA professor Stuart Gabriel and CSU Northridge professor Ed Kung led on the housing crisis in Los Angeles.
UCLA’s campus commencement activities, which began in May and continue through the end of this week, have featured government leaders such as Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, California Attorney General Rob Bonta, California Surgeon General Diana Ramos and Los Angeles City Council President Paul Kerkorian, among others. In all, more than 14,000 undergraduate and graduate students will receive degrees.
Among all UCLA undergraduates, more than 30% are in the first generation from their families to graduate from a four-year university, and more than one-third of each incoming class are transfer students.
On Monday, June 12, UCLA’s 2022-23 NCAA championship teams — women’s soccer and men’s volleyball — were honored at the White House during College Athlete Day.
The event honored 47 title-winning teams across 19 sports and featured remarks by Vice President Kamala Harris. Chancellor Gene Block and Carol Block joined both teams on the White House lawn for the celebration.
Shirley Weber's family fled racial violence, making a new home in California when she was only 3. Now, as Secretary of State, the triple Bruin and former member of the State Assembly is helping champion voting rights for all Californians.
Landmark 1960s anti-discrimination laws intended to increase wages for women may have been more effective than previously thought, UCLA research shows.
In the last year, 120 UCLA students contributed 450 service hours each during their first year of the CaliforniansforAll College Corps fellowship. This program supports students by helping them cover the cost of college while contributing to meaningful causes.
Working with Agriculture for Africa, seven Bruins got their hands dirty during spring break. The trip was organized through the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability’s senior practicum, a yearlong project for students pursuing degrees in environmental science. The program pairs teams of students with organizations and companies to research and address real-world environmental problems.
This project is part of a larger initiative of the Congo Basin Institute — a partnership between UCLA and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture.
