The Post-Employment Benefits Task Force held a recent forum at UCOP to talk UC’s pension and retiree health care benefits and to seek input on possible changes to the current policies and programs.

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UC operates the world's largest optical and infrared telescopes — the Keck twin telescopes atop the summit of Hawaii's dormant Mauna Kea volcano.

Open Enrollment for UC employees and retirees is available through 5 p.m. on Tuesday, November 24, 2009 (Pacific Time).

The UCSF HR/Benefits is staffing "help desks" Nov. 4 at the Franklin and Kaiser buildings to try and make Open Enrollment a little less challenging. Stop by the Franklin Buiding lobby from 12-1 p.m. or the Kaiser Building, 5th floor conference room 512, 1:30-2:30 p.m.

Sukanya Chakrabarti is a current fellow researching the evolution of galaxies in the astronomy department at UC Berkeley.

I am a dancer in a Polynesian dance company.

I can make a pretty decent cheesecake.

I have trained extensively in the removal of landmines.

Project Management Interest Group Meets Nov. 3…. Open Enrollment ‘Help Desk’ comes to UCOP on Nov. 4… Connexxus Travel Training is offered Nov. 5 &

UC’s Treasury Workstation, an automated, web-based cash management system, has been awarded a bronze Alexander Hamilton Award.

UC campuses rank among the best in the world…. UC campuses and medical centers hit with H1N1 flu vaccine shortage… UC Merced’s Economic Contribution to San Joaquin Valley Tops $450