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Tuesday: Ace the UC Undergraduate Application personal insight questions

This Tuesday, Oct. 12, learn tips to assist college-bound students in completing the personal insights questions on the UC undergraduate application to help them reflect their best selves.


Take your skills to the next level with workshops for new and advanced project managers

Whether you’re officially in a project-management role or unofficially manage projects for your team, three upcoming workshops from UCOP Learning and Development are for you!


Shout-Out for Barani Janakiraman and Ben Stevens

Barani and Ben willingly participated in a four-hour Zoom meeting to troubleshoot issues that came up during a Predictable Payroll project. Their efforts kept the project on schedule.


David Julius & Ardem Patapoutian

UC celebrates its newest Nobel Prize

David Julius, Ph.D., and Ardem Patapoutian, Ph.D., jointly won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch.


UCOP launches new Office of Workplace Inclusion and Belonging

Announcing the new UCOP Office of Workforce Inclusion and Belonging, which will help foster an environment where employees feel respected, appreciated and valued.


New NAM videos feature Carrie L. Byington and other Latinx UC doctors

The National Academy of Medicine has released videos and resources in English and Spanish to encourage members of the Hispanic/Latinx community to obtain COVID-19 vaccinations.


Two women walk at UC Merrced

The EPA recognizes UC with a Green Power Leadership Award

UC was recently honored with a 2021 Green Power Leadership Award by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for accelerating the transition to clean energy.


Nobel medal

Quiz: How much do you know about UC and the Nobel Prize?

The 2021 Nobel Prizes are announced starting this week. Try our quiz and find out how much you know about this prestigious award and the scores of University of California faculty, staff and alumni who have received it.


Safiya Noble, an associate professor of gender studies and African American studies, and co-founder of the UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry, is a 2021 MacArthur fellow.

UCLA professor, UC Berkeley alums win prestigious MacArthur ‘genius’ grants

Safiya Noble, who was recently featured in the UC Council of Chief Diversity Officers’ Distinguished Scholars series, is among four researchers and scholars with UC connections who have received MacArthur fellowships.