Systemwide News
2010 contribution restart proposed
Regents will consider a plan to restart employee and employer contributions to the UC retirement fund in April 2010, after a two-decades-long contribution holiday. Their vote is expected on Feb. 5.
UC shares the pain
What does the state's fiscal crisis mean for the University of California? Patrick Lenz, UC's vice president for budget, answers questions about what is happening with the budget and how it will impact the university.
Cutting-edge cures
A patch to cure heart disease, AIDS, Alzheimer's? Those goals are drawing closer. UC Irvine researchers are behind the world's first embryonic stem cell study using humans. Their work offers hope for spinal cord injuries.
Read more about UC stem cell research.
Record numbers apply to UC
Demand for a UC education remains high. UC Riverside, UC Davis and UC Irvine saw the biggest gains in total applications for fall 2009 with UC Santa Barbara and UC Santa Cruz experiencing small declines.
People
Crossing cultural barriers
UC Irvine's new Cross-Cultural Center director, Kevin Huie, welcomed civil rights lawyer Lani Guinier to the MLK Day symposium. The event is just one of the many diversity-promoting programs offered at the 35-year-old center, the first of its kind at a UC.
Palm Desert Graduate Center
This satellite campus serves as UC's ambassador in the Coachella Valley offering students convenient graduate education.
Read more about the Palm Desert campus.
More News
Working at UCOP: Stories for and about Office of the President staff
Staff assembly deals with new reality
The UC Office of the President Assembly aims to help employees cope with the stress of restructuring.
Hopes for the Obama presidency?
UCOP employees share their desires for what the new president could accomplish.
Save the dates
OP Town Hall meeting with President Yudof
Feb. 19, 2 to 3 p.m., Kaiser Center Auditorium
Feb. 20, 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., Elihu Harris State Bldg.,
15th and Clay streets.
Did You Know...
The American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world's largest general scientific society, elected 75 UC-affiliated researchers among 2008's new fellows.
That brings the total of UC's AAAS fellows to approximately 650.
The White House awarded eight UC-affiliated researchers Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers. The awards honor promising researchers just beginning their careers.
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