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Oct. 12 Lunch & Learn campus deep-dive

Bring your lunch and come to the next installment of the Lunch & Learn series, featuring Michael Reese, vice chancellor for Business and Administrative Services at UC Merced.


BRC Blast: New electronic intake system is coming

The new online system will allow you to initiate, track and access requests anytime while giving the BRC the capability of monitoring and responding to requests in real time.


UCPath coming to UCOP in November

On Nov. 30, the Office of the President will be the first UC location to transition to UCPath, the university’s new shared services center that consolidates systemwide payroll, benefits, human resources and academic personnel transactions. Here are some key things you need to know.


Cool Campus Challenge: A push toward carbon neutrality

Launching Oct. 6 and running through Dec. 10, the first Cool Campus Challenge aims to get everyone across the UC system on board with the carbon neutrality effort with a bit of friendly competition to get things moving.


Breast Cancer Awareness Month: 5 things women should know

Dr. Laura Esserman is filled with hope this Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The UC San Francisco surgeon is gearing up for a five-year study that will tap into technology to improve breast cancer screening and patient outcomes.


UC to begin implementation of new $15 an hour minimum wage policy

UC will increase the minimum wage for employees, including contract workers, on Thursday, Oct. 1, the first stage of a three-year plan to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2017.


Oct. 5 brown bag: UC Water Initiative

Learn more about the UC Water Security and Sustainability Research Initiative at a Research Grants Program Office’s brown bag on Oct. 5, 12 to 1 p.m., in Kaiser 612


BRC Blast: Non-UCOP reimbursements

Hosting a systemwide meeting with attendees from the campuses? Planning on paying for their travel expenses? Check out this month’s BRC Blast for the inside scoop on how to process these and other non-UCOP employee travel reimbursements.


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Fidelity workshops take the worry out of saving for retirement

In addition to general retirement planning classes, this quarter there are a couple of new offerings: a series for women and a debt management, budgeting and planning workshop.


Don’t forget: Staff Appreciation lunch is today

Join your colleagues on the Franklin fifth-floor patio for lunch and laughter.


Cybersecurity: Protect yourself and UC

October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month, a good time to remind yourself of some digital security basics. Check out these do's and don'ts to protect your personal information and help the university protect the information it collects.


Executive director of UCOP Operations appointed

Thera Kalmijn has been appointed executive director of UCOP (Local) Operations. Kalmijn, who will report directly to COO Rachael Nava, will start on Oct. 5.


Important information about upcoming changes to the UCOP Time Reporting System

UCOP’s Time Reporting System will be upgraded during October and November as part of UCOP’s transition to UCPath later this year. During this time, employees and managers must submit and approve employee timesheets according to a specific schedule.