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Strategic Planning UC Lunch + Learn featuring Allorah Pradenas, Christina A. Armstrong, Julian Ryu and Devin Richards

Join the SPMO team to learn how strategic planning works at UC

On Feb. 4, from 12 – 1 p.m., attend a special virtual event focused on how strategy can guide UC teams and locations, especially in uncertain times.


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FSAP announces free eight-week mindfulness-based self-compassion course

Open to all UCOP staff, this course will help you reduce anxiety and stress, boost your mental resilience and distress tolerance, help curb self-defeating thought patterns and increase your happiness and productivity.


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Save the Date: 2026 UC Ethics and Compliance Institute

This free, virtual, interactive event will explore the foundations and emerging challenges of ethics and compliance in higher education and health.


Zoom AI Companion

Unlock the power of Zoom AI Companion at UCOP

Upcoming workshops will share practical, real-world ways to use Zoom AI Companion to streamline meetings, capture key information and stay focused on high-value work.


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Help build a community around AI at UCOP

Join the UCOP AI Community of Practice — a collaborative space for staff across divisions to learn, share, and innovate together.


Ola Popoola

Tuesday: Join BSFO and Ola Popoola in building self-mastery and resilience

Learn to build self-mastery, clarity and resilience in a world filled with volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity.


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Get your Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certificate this week

Explore essential process-improvement tools and techniques that you can apply to your daily work.


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Thursday: Learn how to finance a UC education

Join the Office of Outreach and Educational Partnerships team for a helpful webinar on paying for college, including financial aid application process updates.


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Systemwide webinar: Document Once, Improve Continuously

Whether you’re a procurement professional or in any other process-oriented role, you’ll benefit from learning how documenting “how work actually happens” can unlock meaningful improvements.


Join BSFO in celebrating the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.

Tomorrow, Jan. 13, don't miss the Martin Luther King Jr. Day “I Have a Dream” speech recitation (hybrid) and luncheon (Oakland).


Tuesday at 11: CUCSA All-Staff Town Hall on the CA state budget

Learn what you need to know about how the state and federal budget processes may affect UC.