Summer travel plans? Your UC medical plan has you covered
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May 21, 2024
If you need medical attention while you’re traveling, here’s what you need to know to get the care you need.
Healthy minds: UC staff who support mental wellness
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May 20, 2024
May is National Mental Health Awareness Month! To celebrate, we asked staff throughout UC to share how they support mental health — at work and outside of it.
UC Spotlight: May 2024
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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
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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”
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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May 13, 2024
For more than two decades, Kaya Mentesoglu has served UCLA’s International Institute with key IT technology support.