The Post-Employment Benefits Task Force held a recent forum at UCOP to talk UC’s pension and retiree health care benefits and to seek input on possible changes to the current policies and programs.

Have you recently moved offices within UCOP? Changed your last name? Been appointed a new job title? Take a few seconds to update your contact information in the UCOP directory so your colleagues can find you. www.ucop.edu/irc/services/itsvcs_dir_changes.html

Open Enrollment for UC employees and retirees is available through 5 p.m. on Tuesday, November 24, 2009 (Pacific Time).

The UCSF HR/Benefits is staffing "help desks" Nov. 4 at the Franklin and Kaiser buildings to try and make Open Enrollment a little less challenging. Stop by the Franklin Buiding lobby from 12-1 p.m. or the Kaiser Building, 5th floor conference room 512, 1:30-2:30 p.m.

Sukanya Chakrabarti is a current fellow researching the evolution of galaxies in the astronomy department at UC Berkeley.

Project Management Interest Group Meets Nov. 3…. Open Enrollment ‘Help Desk’ comes to UCOP on Nov. 4… Connexxus Travel Training is offered Nov. 5 &

You can now earn double rewards when you use the Southwest link on the Connexxus portal to book air travel. Learn more at this week's Connexxus travel training. Click on the headline for details.

The California Digital Library launched a revamped eScholarship website. Learn more at a lunchtime talk on Nov. 4... The Business Resource Center (BRC) will host an open house to celebrate its one-year anniversary Nov. 18... Save the date: The UCOP holiday party will be held Dec. 16. Details to come.

UCOP welcomed Dr. Anthony Smith as Oakland's new superintendent of public schools and pledged to work with him on ways to help the Oakland school district and its students.