Systemwide News
UC weathers economic storms
How is the global economic downturn affecting UC's retirement plan, operating budget and future fiscal health? Katie Lapp, executive vice president for business operations answers questions about how the crisis is impacting UC.
Senate chair committed to compensation boost
UC San Francisco professor Mary Croughan, chair of the systemwide Academic Senate, served on the committee to improve faculty compensation. Even in tough budget times, she says, staff and faculty compensation remains a priority for the Academic Senate.
Read more about Senate priorities.
UC researchers probe for answers
Does it pay to be a maverick? Can hours searching the Internet be good for you? Could there be another reason for eating your veggies? UC researchers are working on the issues you care about.
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New era for agriculture
Clare Hasler is executive director of UC Davis's newly opened Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science, a legacy for a legendary California winemaker and a testimony to the role UC plays in the state's thriving food and beverage industries.
Read more about the institute.
HABLA program trains volunteers
HABLA program trains volunteers to work with Spanish-speaking preschoolers and their parents in their own homes to prepare youngsters for kindergarten.
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Working at UCOP: Stories for and about Office of the President staff
Best thing about my job?
Dena Bullard is administrator of the Academic Geriatric Resource Program. "The work that we do here on behalf of the system has a really positive impact on the health and well-being of the citizens of California," she says. "I also like working for the nation's premier university."
Lizard inspires UCOP climb
A film crew for a new Discovery Channel show used the Franklin Street building to demonstrate new gecko-inspired climbing technology a UC Santa Barbara alumnus developed from UC Berkeley research.
Read more about Gecko Claws.
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Holiday bake sale benefits charities
The Office of the General Counsel's annual giving campaign is in its 23rd season. The pre-Thanksgiving bake sale is Nov. 26.
Lawrence Berkeley Lab is hiring
The lab is recruiting for several positions and holding a job fair Saturday, Nov. 8, from noon to 4 p.m.
Did You Know...
UC currently holds 3,546 active U.S. patents.
One in six public biotechnology companies nationally – and one in three in California – were founded by a UC scientist.
Among the top-earning commercialized UC inventions are the nicotine patch and the Hepatitis-B vaccine.
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