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UC’s student veterans find their next mission

In honor of Veterans Day last Tuesday, the UC Newsroom profiled several UC veteran and active-duty students and alumni.


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Join Toastmasters for an open house with guest speaker Gary McKinsey

Tune in by Zoom or join colleagues in Oakland for socializing opportunities and a complimentary lunch.


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Sign up for the Snow Wonder Wellness Challenge today

Boost your energy, track your wellness goals and compete for fun prizes with UC colleagues!


Snow Wonder — Winter landscape

Warm up to better health with UC’s Snow Wonder Wellness Challenge

Starting Nov. 17, join the UC Snow Wonder Wellness Challenge to boost your energy, track your wellness goals and compete for fun prizes with UC colleagues!


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Open Enrollment is here: Watch a helpful video + choose your benefits by Nov. 21

There are some big changes to UC’s medical plans and premiums for 2026, and now’s the time to act.


A UC education brought these founders’ ideas into reality

Meet three UC alums who combined their own ambition and big ideas with a UC education and on-campus entrepreneurial resources to launch successful businesses.


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Sophisticated fraud tactics are targeting UC financial systems: Learn how to protect your data

The new UCOP Information Security SharePoint page on financial fraud covers common and emerging threats, as well as tips on securing your data.


Save the date for the sixth annual UC Chicanx/Latinx Leadership Summit

Join faculty, staff and administrators in using collective knowledge to identify systemwide challenges and opportunities affecting the Latinx community.


The NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory sits atop Cerro Pachó in Chile. The new telescope is one of the many innovations with UC ties that TIME magazine chose for its Best Inventions of 2025.

UC faculty and alums behind 13 of TIME’s Best Inventions of 2025

UC faculty and alums are behind over a dozen of the inventions on this year’s list, with contributions to aerospace, health, agriculture, computing and more. Learn more about some of this year’s most exciting inventions from UC’s extraordinary community of changemakers.


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Fig. 1 video: Why America is so good at producing cults

Watch any documentary or listen to any podcast about cults, and you might find one common thread: So many cults are American.


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Meet CUCSA’s new Executive Board members

As the new academic year begins, the Council of University of California Staff Assemblies (CUCSA) shares an update on its leadership, accomplishments and priorities for the year ahead.