Imagine you’re at your desk and the phone rings. It’s a UC retiree calling, looking for help with his open enrollment form. As you patiently walk him through his health care options, you look

Handmade quilts, fabulous scarves, ceramics, greeting cards, candles, and jewelry – lots of jewelry. That’s just a sampling of the wares available at the annual UCOP holiday crafts fair, scheduled this year for Dec.

When your UCOP newsletter launched, we asked you to take a quick survey on what — and who — you wanted to see in it. We also encouraged you to suggest a name for it.

I was the first Ivy League hockey goalie to wear a form-fitted mask.

The Business Resource Center is hosting an Open House at 11 a.m., Nov. 18. in Room 9204. Come enjoy a piece of cake and say hello to the staff.

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.

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

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.