When it comes to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, I feel we have a fairly respectful student population. Read more...

Chancellor Gene Block offers a welcome to the 2011-2012 academic year at UCLA. Read more...

Hello Bruins, and welcome to your first fall term. I remember my own. It started in September 1987, and I was so excited to begin classes that I woke up long before my 8 a.m. lecture to watch the sunrise from the top of Janss Steps. Now I teach writing here at UCLA, and every quarter, I get just as excited about the first day of class as I did when I was 18 years old. Read more...

California's fiscal crisis could make it one of the most challenging years in recent memory for many Bruins, since diminishing state support for public universities caused the UC Regents to increase in-state tuition and fees to $12,192 for this year. Read more...