Author Archives: Saba Riazati

When Norman Abrams stepped onto campus in 1959 to assume a faculty position, he never thought he would one day step into the chancellor’s office to assume the position of chief executive of the university. But when University of California President Robert Dynes approached Abrams about accepting the post, Abrams considered and eventually accepted the […]

In just two weeks, UCLA will officially have a new chancellor ““ but one who will only hold the position for less than six months. University of California President Robert Dynes appointed Norman Abrams, a UCLA professor emeritus of law, as the interim chancellor effective July 1. This way, the chancellor advisory committee can continue […]

For the past 16 years of his life, Matt Ayers has spent about six hours a day at school and several more doing homework and other school-related business. But as graduation day nears, Ayers, a third-year economics student, will experience alternating moods of anxiety and excitement ““ like most seniors whose routine school days will […]

It may be hard to associate the grim issues of war and nuclear weapons with rosy-cheeked Albert Carnesale, but UCLA’s chancellor is among the nation’s top experts on nuclear proliferation and national security. Though the chancellor’s current administrative position is far from his field of expertise in nuclear engineering and public policy, his contributions to […]

The advisory committee for selecting the next UCLA chancellor will meet concurrently with the UC Board of Regents’ Committee on Educational Policy today to continue talks regarding matters related to the appointment of UCLA’s ninth chief executive. University of California spokesman Paul Schwartz said the concurrent meeting between the Committee on Educational Policy and the […]

A few hundred students ““ from the Afrikan Student Union, other underrepresented communities and their supporters ““ marched to Chancellor Albert Carnesale’s office Wednesday in a rally to encourage reform of UCLA admissions policies and to address concerns regarding a lack of diversity at UCLA. The march began at the base of Meyerhoff Park, where […]

With less than six weeks left before Chancellor Albert Carnesale is scheduled to step down, the UCLA community knows nothing more about its next chief executive than it did in September when Carnesale announced he would vacate his post. The University of California’s executive search process is kept confidential, with the 17-member chancellor search committee […]