Help drive staff engagement by attending a focus group hosted by OP Staff Assembly on Oct. 6.

Giving blood is easy when the American Red Cross Bloodmobile comes to UCOP on Thursday, Oct. 8. Call Jan Kehoe at 987-9692 to make your appointment.

Bring your lunch and come to the next installment of the Lunch & Learn series, featuring Michael Reese, vice chancellor for Business and Administrative Services at UC Merced.

Learn more about the UC Water Security and Sustainability Research Initiative at a Research Grants Program Office’s brown bag on Oct. 5, 12 to 1 p.m., in Kaiser 612

Join your colleagues on the Franklin fifth-floor patio for lunch and laughter.

Linda Morris Williams, associate chancellor emeritus of UC Berkeley, will be featured in the next installment of the Women We Admire speaker series tomorrow.

Join the members of the all-volunteer work group, past members, as well as Executive Vice President and COO Rachael Nava and other OP leaders to learn about the team's accomplishments, major initiatives underway and next steps.

The staff appreciation event returns to the Franklin fifth-floor patio with tacos, churros and fun.

Institutional Research and Academic Planning sponsors Michele Siqueiros's talk on Tuesday, Sept. 1, which will cover the campaign's work to ensure all Californians have an equal opportunity to attend and succeed in college.

Rachael Nava, executive vice president and chief operating officer, is the guest speaker for the September Project Management Interest Group (PMIG) meeting.

V. “Ram” Ramanathan's talk, The War on Climate Change: A New Alliance Between Science, Religion and Policy, will take place in Franklin Lobby 1 at noon.