LOS ANGELES (KABC) — For the first time, a Latino will head UCLA.
It was a pivotal moment for UCLA with the naming of Julio Frenk as the school’s new chancellor, Julio Frenk.
Frenk comes to Westwood from the University of Miami, where he served as president. He is also a leading global health researcher, who served as Mexico’s secretary of health.
“What I’m going to be very focused in the next weeks and months is an intentional deep listening exercise. Meeting with every constituency trying to understand the different perspectives and then build on that,” he said.
Frenk heard some of those perspectives Wednesday at the UC Board of Regents meeting, where students and faculty expressed their concerns over how the university has handled three Gaza solidarity encampments, protests, disruptions and safety.
“Only 36 hours ago as a member of this community, we witnessed the heinous verbal attacks on Administrative Vice Chancellor Michael Beck and the assaulting of Rabbi Dovid Gurevich of …