Employee News
Check out the latest news for the UC community below. See bargaining updates and notices for represented employees.
UC Spotlight: May 2024
May 17, 2024
UC Spotlight is a new UCnetwork feature that celebrates UC locations, teams and individual staff members who are helping to make UC a great place to work.
UCLA nurse’s invention may save millions of work hours
May 17, 2024
Veronica Pellegrino, R.N., designed the pill-package-opening device to save time and reduce repetitive stress injuries.
UC named “Most Sustainable Organization”
May 16, 2024
The accolade by EnergyCap, LLC recognizes UC’s wide-ranging and strategic approach to sustainability.
UC alumna appointed interim senior vice president of External Relations and Communications
May 16, 2024
Meredith Vivian Turner was selected after a competitive national recruitment process.
Jenny Kao named vice president and chief of staff to the president
May 15, 2024
Jenny has worked in the president’s office for nearly 25 years and has served President Drake from the beginning of his presidency as chief of staff.
Annual medical plan satisfaction surveys launching on June 3, 2024
May 14, 2024
On June 3, 2024, randomly selected faculty, staff, and retirees (as well as their spouses or domestic partners) will begin receiving requests to participate in the annual medical plan satisfaction survey.
Honoring student diversity at UCSF
May 13, 2024
For the new alumni recently honored at UCSF, graduation is an opportunity to represent and serve traditionally marginalized groups of people.
UC People: Kaya Mentesoglu
May 13, 2024
For more than two decades, Kaya Mentesoglu has served UCLA’s International Institute with key IT technology support.
Microaggressions, your health and how to cope
May 13, 2024
Over time, these subtle and, sometimes, not-so-subtle slights can lead to everything from poor sleep to low self-esteem and even depression.
Ten UCLA nurses recognized by the Simms/Mann Family Foundation
May 10, 2024
The honor is intended to highlight the outstanding, humanistic care nurses provide in a variety of community settings.