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Check out the latest news for the UC community below. See bargaining updates and notices for represented employees.

UC Spotlight: June 2024

Daniel Kasprowicz leads UCLA Health staff walking in the 2023 Los Angeles Pride Parade.
June 20, 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 …

UC People: Brija Johnson, inspiring the next generation of entrepreneurs

Brija Johnson sitting on a blue chair
June 20, 2024
UCLA Ventures Director Brija Johnson leads a new program that will expand UCLA’s entrepreneurial ties throughout Los Angeles.

How UCSF creatives crafted community and confidence with handmade art

Iris Chin, a graduate student in the Biomedical Sciences program, sells her crocheted items at the Spring Handmade Market hosted by the Artisan Guild By The Bay in Genentech Hall at the UCSF Mission Bay campus in San Francisco, CA on Tuesday, May 7, 2024.
June 20, 2024
UCSF’s Artisan Guild by the Bay is a dedicated group of UCSF faculty, staff and learners who celebrate, support and promote crafts and artwork made by and for members of the UCSF community.

President Drake and Provost Newman affirm the university’s commitment to protect author, researcher and reader rights

UC President Michael V. Drake, M.D., and UC System Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Katherine S. Newman
June 19, 2024
President Drake and Provost Newman join the statement of support on the UC Libraries’ Negotiations with Publishers Regarding Fair Use, Text and Data Mining, and Artificial Intelligence Usage Rights.

Four quick ways to truly rest

Student sitting by the ocean at UC Santa Barbara
June 18, 2024
Science-based relaxation techniques from UCSF researchers can help you combat stress within seconds.

Lawrence Livermore National Lab recognized as a Best-Led Company

Engineer working at LLNL
June 18, 2024
Lawrence Livermore National Lab (LLNL) was recently recognized in Glassdoor’s inaugural Best-Led Companies list.

Joe Miller shares natural science and conservation with local youth at Fort Ord Natural Reserve

Fort Ord Natural Reserve Director Joe Miller talking to students
June 14, 2024
Joe partners with a nearby high school to give students an opportunity to experience the reserve and explore future career opportunities.

UC Riverside Health staff host community resource fair

June 14, 2024
Staff distributed hygiene kits to the unsheltered, surveyed attendees about health and social service needs and shared information about UC Riverside Health’s community health care.

Dr. Julio Frenk named first Latino chancellor of UCLA

Dr. Julio Frenk
June 12, 2024
University of California President Michael V. Drake, M.D., announced today (Wednesday, June 12) the selection of Julio Frenk, M.D., a global health expert and current president of the University of Miami, as UCLA’s next chancellor.

Longtime campus leader Darnell Hunt appointed interim chancellor of UCLA

June 12, 2024
University of California President Michael V. Drake, M.D., today named UCLA’s executive vice chair and provost, Darnell Hunt, as interim chancellor of UCLA following Chancellor Gene Block’s departure at the end of July 2024.