Gene Block's guest appearances

Gene Block

Jay's 4 Questions

Conversations with Mike Milken

America at a Crossroads

Ed Feinstein

Jonathan Greenblatt

Adam Schiff

Bret Stephens

Deb Liu

Phil Rosenthal

Sherry Lansing

David Solomon

Lori Gottlieb

Larry Diamond

Ed Bastian

David Brooks

Abby Stein

David Broza

Jonathan Haidt

OwlTail

Warren Olney

R. Snyder

Gabrielle Starr

UCLA Chancellor Gene Block, Pomona College President G. Gabrielle Starr and AAU President Barbara R. Snyder discuss the challenges of leading a college campus community during the COVID pandemic and divisive political times. Moderated by KCRW's Warren Olney.

UCLA Chancellor Gene Block, Pomona College President G. Gabrielle Starr and AAU President Barbara R. Snyder discuss the challenges of leading a college campus community during the COVID pandemic and divisive political times. Moderated by KCRW's Warren Olney.

The Challenges Of Leading A Campus Community In Our Trying Times with UCLA Chancellor Gene Block, Pomona College President G. Gabrielle Starr and AAU President Barbara R. Snyder in conversation with Warren Olney

“Normally about 14,000 students live on our campus in our dormitories and that's down to I think less than about 900 students. … The campus has taken on an eerie feeling of really being abandoned.”Big changes are afoot at UCLA, America’s #1-rated public university. Chancellor Gene Block has already seen an 85% reduction of his on-campus workforce, and with a record of 5,000-plus classes currently being taught online, he anticipates further, more permanent alterations to the way students obtain higher education.There is one tradition, however, that Chancellor Block believes should remain intact. “Commencement is really important for students. It's a sense of closure. It's also a sense of new beginnings. It really completes one phase of their life and begins another, and we're going to make certain that our students get that experience even if it's somewhat delayed.”

“Normally about 14,000 students live on our campus in our dormitories and that's down to I think less than about 900 students. … The campus has taken on an eerie feeling of really being abandoned.”Big changes are afoot at UCLA, America’s #1-rated public university. Chancellor Gene Block has already seen an 85% reduction of his on-campus workforce, and with a record of 5,000-plus classes currently being taught online, he anticipates further, more permanent alterations to the way students obtain higher education.There is one tradition, however, that Chancellor Block believes should remain intact. “Commencement is really important for students. It's a sense of closure. It's also a sense of new beginnings. It really completes one phase of their life and begins another, and we're going to make certain that our students get that experience even if it's somewhat delayed.”

Ep. 48: Commencement, with UCLA’s Gene Block

This week’s guest is Gene Block, Chancellor of UCLA, ranked No. 13 “Best Global University” by U.S. News &amp; World Report. Block talks science, research, and chancellor life.

This week’s guest is Gene Block, Chancellor of UCLA, ranked No. 13 “Best Global University” by U.S. News &amp; World Report. Block talks science, research, and chancellor life.

A Conversation with Chancellor Gene Block