Ana Mari Cauce, president of the University of Washington (UW), has announced that she plans to step down from the role and return to a faculty position.
Cauce, who is the 33rd president of the UW, has been a member of the faculty since 1986.
She was named president in 2015 and has advanced the university in its educational, research, and service missions, with initiatives focused on innovation, race and equity, and population health.
The University of California Board of Regents has announced that Julio José Frenk, the current president of the University of Miami, will be the next chancellor of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Frenk, who will begin as the campus’s seventh chancellor on Jan. 1, 2025, is the first Latino to lead UCLA in its 105-year history.
Before Frenk’s arrival in January, Darnell Hunt, UCLA’s executive vice chancellor and provost, will serve as interim chancellor.
Hunt has been UCLA’s chief academic and operating officer since 2022 and has contributed his guidance and expertise to numerous UCLA and UC committees.
During his tenure at the University of Miami, Frenk invested in educational innovation and research, orchestrated a $2.5 billion fundraising campaign, and oversaw the university’s induction as a member of the Association of American Universities.
UCLA has experienced significant growth, with over 173,000 undergraduate applicants this year.
External research funding has more than doubled to $1.7 billion annually.
Nearly one-third of those who earn bachelor’s degrees from UCLA are the first in their families to do so.
UCLA educates more than 48,000 students annually, features a faculty of 5,400, and operates hospitals and clinics offering primary and specialty care as part of the UCLA Health system.
Frenk previously served as dean of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and as Mexico’s national health secretary.
Frenk also served from 2000 to 2006 as Mexico’s secretary of health, during which he launched a program to expand access to health care for over 55 million uninsured people.
In the 1930s, Frenk’s father, as a 6-year-old, left Germany for Mexico with his parents and sister to escape the growing climate of antisemitism.
Frenk’s father, grandfather, and great-grandfather were all physicians, as is one of his five sisters.
Frenk received his medical degree from the National University of Mexico in 1979, attended the University of Michigan, and earned multiple degrees.
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