Frenk will officially step into the role on Jan. 1, 2025. The University of California Board of Regents has chosen Darnell Hunt, the executive vice chancellor and provost of UCLA, to serve as ...

University of Miami’s president, Julio Frenk, will be the first Latino to lead UCLA in the school’s 105-year history. He takes the helm at a difficult moment.

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, 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.

UCLA names first Latino chancellor News / Jun 12, 2024 / 11:11 AM PDT. The University of California, Los Angeles has its next chancellor, and it’s the first Latino to hold the role.

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.

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.

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.

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.