Message from Chancellor Block: To the Bruin Family: With the passing of John Wooden, we have lost a true giant and a gentleman, an individual who was perhaps more closely identified with UCLA than any other person in our university’s history. Coach Wooden was an unparalleled motivator and an inspiration to people throughout the world. Those of us who were fortunate enough to meet him will forever be touched by his unfailing wisdom and generous spirit.

Posted by: Jacqueline Perez, MSW '11:

Post from Refugio Valle, MSW '11, who is attending the "Race in America" conference at the University of Pittsburgh: "The Road to Freedom: From Alabama to Obama" Julian Bond, Chairman Emeritus, NAACP; social activist; leader in American Civil Rights Movement; politician; professor; and writer

Post from Refugio Valle, MSW '11, who is attending the "Race in America" conference at the University of Pittsburgh: "The Road to Freedom: From Alabama to Obama" Julian Bond, Chairman Emeritus, NAACP; social activist; leader in American Civil Rights Movement; politician; professor; and writer

Daniel J.B. Mitchell talks to the CBS Evening News regarding California's budget cuts (at 10 min.)

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From BruinPlanners.com...

UCLA Urban Planning alumnus Alvaro Huerta (M.A. '06) recently published a commentary in both the Santa Monica Mirror and in UCLA Today critical of Arizona's recent, controversial law aimed at undocumented immigrants. Huerta is currently a visiting scholar at the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center and a Ph.D. candidate in City and Regional Planning at UC Berkeley.

Message from Dean Gilliam: MPP alums Warren Allen and Jessica Hausman-Ramakis (my former student!). God, I'm old.

Our Associate Dean Fernando Torres-Gil dropped by and chatted with MPP alum Kathleen Hosie.