John C. Fremont Elementary has been renamed after two Mexican American civil rights trailblazers who were part of the ...

NASA has named veteran astronaut Joseph Acaba chief of the Astronaut Office at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.

Frenk, the first Latino to ever lead the Westwood university, took over as UCLA chancellor at the beginning of January, replacing Gene Block, who stepped down on July 31 of last year.

Public health scholar Julio Frenk, the first Latino chancellor at UCLA, previously served at Harvard and the University of Miami. He was Mexico's federal health secretary from 2000 to 2006.

Frenk, the first Latino to ever lead the Westwood university, took over as UCLA chancellor at the beginning of January, replacing Gene Block, who stepped down on July 31 of last year.

Frenk became UCLA’s first Latino chancellor Jan. 1., He was president of the University of Miami from 2015 to 2024 and dean of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health from 2009 to 2015.

Frenk was named as the chancellor of UCLA in 2024, the seventh person to hold the title. He succeeded Gene Block who stepped down from the role after 17 years. The Mexico native is the university ...

Acclaimed higher education scholar and author Michael Beckerman has been named the new dean of The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. He will begin his role at UCLA on or before October 1, 2025.

UCLA officials, including Julio Frenk, UCLA’s first Latino chancellor, celebrate at the ribbon-cutting and unveiling of the new Latinx Success Center on campus on Monday, March 31, 2025.