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26 July 2011 OP Headlines
IR&C managers at a July 21 group training session, a step many agree is essential to implementing UCOP's new performance management system.
26 July 2011 Did You Know?
Managing stress is more challenging because of the overall economy, from the country to the state to UC. Help for OP staff is just a phone call away.
26 July 2011 10-Second Bio
Making jewelry (like the pendant she's wearing here) is not the only thing she likes to do in her spare time: meet Berkeley native and UCOP Local HR Assistant Carol Lee.
25 July 2011 OP Headlines
If you make a mistake when dialing a call outside the 510 area code from your office phone, and dial 9-1-1 by mistake, don't hang up! Oakland police ask that you stay on the line and explain that there is no emergency.
25 July 2011 UC In The News
University of California's five medical centers were in the headlines last week, with reports that UC hospitals have once again garnered top rankings nationwide, and that collaborations among the five centers have resulted in more than $1 billion in savings.
25 July 2011 Did You Know?
The TechDesk will hold demonstrations beginning Tuesday, July 26, to introduce UCOP staff at Franklin, Kaiser and the 20th Street Buildings to computers that will be replacing old equipment.
25 July 2011 Applause
We omitted several staff from our story about UCOP's recent retirees. Thanks to these folks from Academic Affairs, Laboratory Management and Student Affairs.
Please get your donations to Project Fill a Backpack by Wednesday, Aug. 3. You can also help by coming to Franklin's Lobby One Conference Room Friday afternoon, Aug. 5, to assemble packs for delivery to Oakland's Frick Middle School.
19 July 2011 UC In The News
Connexxus, the travel service that has saved the University of California tens of millions of dollars in travel expenditures, grabbed headlines last week on the travel industry website BusinessTravelNews.com.
UC Regents reluctantly approve a 9.6 percent tuition increase, reiterating the need to preserve the quality of the university.
Nine grants awarded by UC's new Center for Health Quality and Innovation (CHQI) aim to improve patient care while bringing down health care costs.
UC's Working Smarter initiative, launched last July in response to ongoing declines in state support, has achieved $157 million in systemwide administrative efficiencies in just one year.
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