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Julian Martinez

10-second bio: Julian Martinez knows life from inside a torpedo tube

As senior project engineering for the Department of the Navy, Julian Martinez spent three months on a destroyer, sleeping inside a torpedo tube when they ran out of berths.


UCOP staff with EVP Brostrom

Final Staff Engagement work group presentation at Kaiser Tuesday

The Staff Engagement work groups have published their final recommendations and will present one final brown bag Tuesday, Feb. 25, 12 to 1 p.m. in 512 Kaiser.


New vendor feeding hungry Franklin staff at lunchtime

A new vendor has taken up temporary residence outside the café entrance, selling savory brioches with a variety of fillings at lunchtime daily, except for Thursdays.


Optum wellness specialists

UC Living Well welcomes Optum Wellness Specialists

Jessi Bush (right), one of two new Optum wellness specialists, will be helping Northern California UC employees, including those at UCOP, meet their wellness goals.


Efficiency Review focus group this week: Staying Current @UCOP, Feb. 20

The Efficiency Review Working Group will hold a focus group, Staying Current @UCOP, on Feb. 20. Sign up through the UC Learning Center.


Peace Corps volunteer

UC campuses are among top producers of Peace Corps volunteers

Six campuses are top producers of Peace Corps volunteers this year, adding to UC's long tradition of international service that began with the creation of the Peace Corps more than 50 years ago.


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Asian Pacific Islander Staff Association: All welcome to Feb. 19 meeting

UCOP's newest staff affinity group, the Asian Pacific Islander Staff Association (APISA), will hold its monthly meeting this Wednesday, Feb. 19, and you are invited.


UCOP's Karen Vecchi donating blood

Wednesday, Feb. 19: It’s easy to donate blood when Red Cross comes to UCOP

Want to help save lives? Make your appointment today to donate blood when the bloodmobile returns to UCOP on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 8:15 a.m. to 3 p.m.


Secretary to UC Regents Marsha Kelman to retire

President Napolitano announced to the UCOP community on Feb. 14 that Secretary and Chief of Staff to The Regents Marsha Kelman will retire from UC on March 31.


Kathy Barton, UC Staff Advisor to the Regents

Outgoing Staff Advisor to the UC Regents Kathy Barton reflects on her role

Kathy Barton, whose term as staff advisor to the Regents ends in June, talks about her experience and how she juggles the role with her job as executive director of strategic initiatives at UC Riverside's new School of Medicine.