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Reminder: Sign up for performance appraisal goal-setting sessions

If you haven't done so already, please sign up and attend one of the sessions being held through Dec. 15.


Now is the time to make your final Open Enrollment choices

Open Enrollment ends at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 22, so time is running out to review and update your medical and other benefits for 2017. If you don’t take action, you could miss some important


Save the date! UCOP End-of-Year Celebration to be held on Friday, Dec. 16

All UCOP staff are invited to eat, drink, mix and mingle with colleagues as we celebrate our collective contributions to UC in 2016.


How to break the junk food habit

Do you find yourself craving ice cream, intoxicated by an image of french fries or unable to resist the candy jar at a co-worker’s desk? Research shows you’re not alone. Certain foods — particularly processed


Please tell us what you think of Link, and how we can make it even better

Complete a very short survey and you might win a $25 Amazon gift card!


UCOP office closures for November, December and January

Announcing the dates that UCOP offices will be closed this year for Thanksgiving and winter break.


Employee Engagement and Diversity Group members named

Two subgroups will work to address employee engagement and diversity at UCOP.


Social entrepreneurs take spotlight at TEDWomen

Startups emerging from UC include a virtual reality game that helps with recovery from trauma and an exoskeleton that increases the mobility of people with disabilities.


Visit the expanded UCOP Information Security website for resources to help keep you safe

Avoid information security risks by utilizing resources on the site, including videos, tip sheets, online training and incident reports.


OGC’s annual charity bake sale, raffle and silent auction returns for 31st year

Preorder your Thanksgiving pies and buy raffle tickets by Wednesday, Nov. 16.


Call for volunteers and coat donations to help Oakland families, seniors and homeless

Donate a warm coat by Friday, Nov. 18 and/or sign up by Wednesday, Nov. 16 to help serve a meal on Tuesday, Nov. 22.


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Link is your central source for getting timely news, staying abreast of interesting and important events, and learning about and connecting with UCOP colleagues. Since Link exists to serve you, we want to hear


President Napolitano rallies teens to aim for a UC education

Students at one of the East Bay’s biggest high schools learned a lot about college on Tuesday, Nov. 1, including the fact that a UC education is in reach, regardless of income, for those who