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Open Enrollment on UCPath: Preview your choices online or attend a webinar

Open Enrollment is coming soon — beginning on Thursday, Oct. 27 at 8 a.m. and ending on Tuesday, Nov. 22 at 5 p.m. There will be significant changes this year, including a one-time opportunity to


Meet your 2016-17 OP Staff Assembly Steering Committee

  This summer, you elected seven highly motivated staff members to a two-year term on the OP Staff Assembly (OPSA) steering committee: Terry Barton, director, Systemwide Staff Development Programs, Systemwide HR Garen Corbett, director, California Health Benefits


UC Irvine alum creates line of tech-savvy dolls to empower girls

  Glittery pop stars. Pink princesses. Wholesome, high-priced American Girls, and frivolously rude Bratz. When it comes to the doll market, UC Irvine entrepreneur Gina Heitkamp and her sister Jenae Heitkamp are betting that young girls


Calisphere: The coolest resource you might not know about

What has 600,000 images, documents, videos and audio recordings from the great museums, libraries and archives of California? Why, Calisphere, of course! Developed and maintained by UC’s California Digital Library, Calisphere.org gathers resources from 173 institutions, including all


State invests $22 million to support UC’s role as startup incubator

The role of UC as a driver of the California economy is increasingly being recognized. On Sept. 30, the state authorized $22 million in funding for UC’s innovation and entrepreneurship initiatives. A few days later,


UCOP volunteers create a colorful and healthy playground at Emerson Child Development Center

For the students at Emerson Child Development Center in Oakland, it was an exciting sight: Thirteen volunteers from UCOP were turning their playground into a colorful painted array of fish, animals, fruits and veggies, alphabet


UC joins with Boys & Girls Clubs of America to prepare youth for college

On Sept. 28, UC and the Boys & Girls Clubs of America launched a partnership to prepare young Californians for college success. Beginning with three pilot projects in Pasadena, San Francisco and Merced, UC’s goal is


An important message for UCOP staff about political campaign-related activities

A message from Executive Vice President – Chief Operating Officer Rachael Nava about political campaign-related activities: Dear UCOP Colleagues, In light of the upcoming November election, I am writing to encourage all members of the university


Protect UC’s data – and your privacy – with cybersecurity tips and tricks

In recognition of National Cyber Security Awareness Month, UC will be focussing on this critical issue in October. Here at UCOP, the ITS Information Security team is committed to raising awareness of the risks


Six UC campuses on list of the nation’s top 10 public universities

Of the nation’s 10 best public universities, six are UC campuses, according to U.S. News and World Report’s 2017 rankings, released on Sept. 13. U.S. News and World Report issues its list of the best American


UCSF researchers find evidence that sugar industry distorted heart disease research

A newly discovered cache of industry documents revealed that the sugar industry began working closely with nutrition scientists in the mid-1960s to single out fat and cholesterol as the dietary causes of coronary heart