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President Napolitano holds Town Hall for UCOP staff

On Jan. 22, President Napolitano spoke to all UCOP staff at a Town Hall held at the Franklin building and webcast live to OP staff at other locations. Over 1,200 staff members attended either


New website launches to provide UC-branded promotional items

    Does your job involve promoting UC programs or organizing UC events? Do you need some UC stationery or personalized business cards? UCOP’s Marketing Communications department this week launched a new website, shop.ucop.edu, that will enable departments to order


Fight the flu! Get vaccinated and follow these tips

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the flu has reached epidemic proportions across the U.S., including in California. This year’s flu is a more dangerous strain than usual, even for


Join President Napolitano for a UCOP Town Hall

You are invited to join President Napolitano for a UCOP Town Hall meeting on Monday, Jan. 22 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. There are several ways you can participate in this event: In person: The


Save the date: Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day

  UCOP will host its fourth annual Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day on Thursday, April 26, 2018. This year’s event is sponsored through the COO Division in partnership with OP Staff Assembly. Children of OP staff are invited to


UC: Boldly Californian for 150 years

  2018 marks the 150th anniversary of the University of California, offering us all the opportunity to reflect on the impact UC has had on the state of California and beyond. Since its inception, UC has


UC Climate Lab video: Take out the food. Leave the trash. Save the planet.

Find out how to reduce carbon emissions by rethinking takeout food in this newest episode of UC’s innovative video series Climate Lab.   You’ve probably opened a package lately and wondered why your tiny purchase was sent


THURSDAY brown bag: Culture, Engagement and Diversity @ OP

The OP Staff Assembly (OPSA) Steering Committee is featuring UCOP’s Program Manager for Culture, Engagement and Diversity Joanna Trammell in the first of a planned series of brown bag interviews: Date: Thursday, Jan. 11 Time: 12


Three more UC locations migrate to UCPath and online user experience is significantly enhanced

  As of Tuesday, Jan. 2, three more UC locations have joined UCOP in using UCPath for employment-related transactions: Associated Students UCLA, UC Merced and UC Riverside. Coinciding with this migration, the UCPath application has once


12 things UC achieved in 2017 that you may not know about

Looking back at the year that just ended, we have a lot to feel proud about at UC, including these 12


UCOP ends 2017 with a Season of Gratitude Celebration

The 2017 Season of Gratitude Celebration held at the Franklin building on Dec. 14 was a festive event enjoyed by several hundred staff members. Thanks to the generosity of UCOP management staff in hosting the


The evolutionary advantage of the teenage brain

  Teens. OMG. What on earth is going on inside their brains to make them act so, well, like crazy teenagers? The mood swings, the fiery emotions, the delusions of immortality, all the things that make