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President James B. Milliken’s opening remarks at the UC Board of Regents May Meeting as delivered

Thank you, Chair Reilly. My comments will be quite mundane after that inspiring set of remarks. It’s a good counterweight to what I’m going to bring to the table today.But first, I want to add my welcome to our four new Board members. Welcome — delighted to…

Substack: The Gold and the Blue: What Every Campus Leader Should Understand About Free Speech

President Milliken hosted a discussion with UC Irvine Chancellor Howard Gillman and Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky about their new book: Campus Speech and Academic Freedom: A Guide for Difficult Times. You can watch the full conversation here.

President’s Leadership Conversation: UC Merced Chancellor Juan Sánchez Muñoz

UC President James B. Milliken welcomes UC Merced Chancellor Juan Sánchez Muñoz during the President’s Leadership Conversations series. These conversations are an opportunity for the UC community to hear from leaders powering positive change across UC, as…

President James B. Milliken’s opening remarks at the UC Board of Regents March Meeting as delivered

President James B. Milliken’s opening remarks at the UC Board of Regents January Meeting on Tuesday, March 17, 2026, as delivered.

President’s Leadership Conversation: UC Santa Cruz Chancellor Cynthia Larive

UC President James B. Milliken welcomes UC Santa Cruz Chancellor Cynthia Larive in the second event in the President’s Leadership Conversations series

Los Angeles Times: ‘Harvard is fighting Trump. UC president says he wants to try ‘a better course’’

Read a new Los Angeles Times feature on University of California President James B. Milliken.

President James B. Milliken’s opening remarks to the California Assembly Subcommittee on Education Finance as delivered

President James B. Milliken’s opening remarks to the Education Finance Subcommittee of the California State Assembly on Tuesday, February 17, 2026, as delivered

President James B. Milliken’s opening remarks at the UC Board of Regents January Meeting as delivered

President James B. Milliken’s opening remarks at the UC Board of Regents January Meeting on Tuesday, January 20, 2026, as delivered

President Milliken’s statement on the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday

The University of California and people across our nation honor the life, impact, and sacrifice of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

President’s Leadership Conversations: UC Irvine Chancellor Howard Gillman

On Dec. 2, President Milliken launched a new series, where he plans to interview UC leaders and others about their professional journeys and the topics that are most pressing for them today.

Substack: The Gold and the Blue: An Homage to Clark Kerr

As I began my role at the University of California, I revisited the writings of one of my distinguished predecessors, Clark Kerr, UC’s 12th president.

President James B. Milliken’s opening remarks at the UC Board of Regents November Meeting as delivered

President Milliken’s formal remarks to the Board of Regents as delivered.