Systemwide News
Time for budget reality
In a climate of global recession, why is UC asking the state for a 23 percent funding boost? President Mark Yudof explains the reasons and what you can do to fight for our university's future.
Read president's message and watch video.
Freshman eligibility changes proposed
UC Regents will consider in early 2009 a proposal to reform the admissions process. Faculty proposed changes to give more students a chance to compete for a spot at a UC campus. Changes would take effect in 2012.
UC partners with Armenian university
The American University of Armenia hopes its new academic center will further strengthen its ties to UC, whose academic leaders helped launch the graduate school after a 1988 earthquake.
People
Clean and green
Custodians at UC Santa Barbara recently won an award for their efforts to keep their campus sparkling clean and environmentally friendly. The recognition means a lot, says their boss Byron Sandoval, who started his university career 21 years ago as a custodian.
Read more about green clean award.
The Center for AIDS Prevention Studies
The Center for AIDS Prevention Studies has researchers working in 41 countries.
Read more about UCSF's Aids Research Institute.
More News
Working at UCOP: Stories for and about Office of the President staff
Carolyn Carolina (left) and Tricia Buresh trim the tree.
What's your favorite holiday movie?
OP staff tell what makes their favorite movie special.
Spirit of sharing marks holiday season
UCOP employees spread holiday cheer with gifts for those in need.
UCOP program lets employees stretch their skills
Twenty staff members from the Office of the President just completed a yearlong training program to develop job skills and to gain experience outside their own departments.
UCOP cuts budget more than $60 million
The revised Office of the President budget includes an additional $8.7 million in savings during the first four months of the fiscal year.
Did You Know...
In 1927, H.B. Frost developed the Pixie mandarin orange, one of the 40 varieties of fruit to originate at the UC Riverside Citrus Research Center.
In the 1930s, UC Berkeley food scientist William Cruess invented the canned fruit cocktail.
In 1948, now-legendary UC Davis viticulturalist Harold P. Olmo created the perlette green table grape, one of 30 varieties he developed.
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