She's traveled and lived on every continent except Antarctica and recently learned through DNA testing that she has cousins in southwestern Ghana, the Nzema people.

Celebrate the achievements of your colleagues when UCOP holds its annual Innovation & Impact Award and service milestones event, 2 to 3:30 p.m. at the State Office Building.

UCPath Building Manager Darryl Brown loves what he calls the UC "headquarters" experience, but his favorite job ever was performing at Six Flags Amusement Park in New Jersey.

The Staff Engagement Initiative will hold one more brown bag to update the UCOP community on progress being made on the work group recommendations, April 2, in 5320 Franklin.

The Lean In series of facilitated conversations about women’s empowerment in the workplace continues April 3, 12 to 1 p.m. in the Laurel Room, 1111 Broadway, 7th floor.

UC President Janet Napolitano shared with the UCOP community a letter on the results of UC’s recent campus climate study, which were released at last week's Regents meeting.

The ER Working Group will hold a focus group on Sustainability @UCOP on March 26, where sustainability experts and non-experts will strategize ways to green UCOP.

UC Berkeley's Silvia Bunge will address the topic of Changing Minds, Changing Brains on March 31, and ORGS VP Steven Beckwith will moderate the discussion.