Learn how to participate in the UC Oakland Partnership volunteer day of community service at the Alameda County Community Food Bank, this Wednesday, Jan. 21, from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m.

Judy Thai of ITS and her team earned recognition for saving energy by making intelligent and "cool" choices in how they use the power-eating devices in their offices.

UCOP's Nancy Coolidge returns with her final workshop on college financing next Tuesday, Jan. 20, noon to 1 p.m. in 9204 Franklin.

Thanks to all of you who responded to the Link reader survey, to which 213 of you (11 percent of the UCOP community) responded with lots of helpful feedback.

If you want to catch Cal basketball with your UCOP colleagues, act fast! The deadline for tickets to the Jan. 22 Cal men's game is this Friday, Jan. 16.

The online performance management system has helpful features that have standardized the performance appraisal process and gotten reviews completed faster.

Get acquainted with Staff Advisors Donna Coyne and Deidre (De) Acker, and learn about what their roles entail.

Learn all about UC’s travel and entertainment expense policy and reimbursement process on rental cars.

Discover the Weight Watchers proven approach to losing weight. You can participate with your co-workers, right here at the Franklin building.

UCPath's Ron Christie grew up in Pico Rivera, where both the Ford Falcon and the B-2 Spirit or Stealth Bomber were developed.

UCOP offices will close from Wednesday, Dec. 24, through Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015. Today's issue of Link is the final issue of the year, and publication will resume on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015.