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.

This post was updated June 5 at 5:40 p.m. Chancellor Julio Frenk said UCLA must remain resilient amid threats to higher education during his inauguration Thursday.

Roughly five months after he took the job, Dr. Julio Frenk was officially inaugurated as UCLA‘s chancellor Thursday, acknowledging that institutes of higher learning in the United States are ...

Student speaker Harriet Grace Leibowitz said, ‘UCLA wasn’t just a test of endurance, it was a lesson in resilience.’ ...

Julio Frenk does not appear to be a university administrator content to watch his school’s athletic program from the sidelines. In his last stop before becoming UCLA’s chancellor, Frenk led an ...

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.

LOS ANGELES — Julio Frenk does not appear to be a university administrator content to watch his school’s athletic program from the sidelines. In his last stop before becoming UCLA’s ...

Dr. Julio Frenk, now the chancellor of UCLA, listens to questions at a news conference on June 12, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) By City News Service | [email protected].