UCLA Chancellor Julio Frenk updated the campus community that the federal government has suspended $584 million in ...

The Trump administration is asking for $1 billion from UCLA in a proposed settlement after the Justice Department determined ...

For the first time since revealing last week that the Trump administration began freezing its federal research funding, the ...

The Trump administration is calling on UCLA to pay more than $1 billion to settle allegations that it violated the rights of ...

The White House says the university must pay a substantial sum to resolve claims and restore access to federal support ...

The U.S. Justice Department is asking for $1 billion from the University of California, Los Angeles in exchange for ...

UCLA Chancellor Julio Frenk on President Trump Suspending Certain Research Funding to UCLA Says the Loss of Federal Funding ...

The proposed payment dwarfs recent settlements from other universities including the University of Columbia, which made a $221 million settlement with the White House last month.

"If these funds remain suspended, it will be devastating for UCLA and for Americans across the nation," UCLA Chancellor Julio Frenk said.

During a meeting Wednesday on the UCLA campus, Dr. Julio Frenk, a leading global health researcher, was appointed by the University of California Board of Regents as the school's new leader.

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.

After graduating, Julio Frenk worked as a researcher and met Felicia Knaul – a health economist – in 1995. Knaul later married Frenk and will join him in Westwood with their two children.