UCLA Taps University of Miami Boss as New Leader Amid Tumult
- Julio Frenk will take the reins as chancellor early next year
- Campus is still reeling after protest melee as police stood by
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The University of California at Los Angeles is getting a new chancellor, University of Miami President Julio Frenk, who will lead one of the most prestigious US public schools amid a crisis over its handling of campus unrest spurred by the Israel-Hamas war.
Frenk, a physician who served as Mexico’s top health official earlier in his career, will take the reins at the beginning of 2025, the University of California Regents said in a statement Wednesday. UCLA’s current chancellor, Gene Block, is set to retire this summer after 17 years at the helm and will be replaced on an interim basis by Provost Darnell Hunt.