Registration is now open for the 2017 UC ANR Programmatic Orientation at http://ucanr.edu/sites/orientations/Programmatic_Orientation_819/Registration.
If you are an academic who is somewhat new to UC ANR, please plan to join UC ANR leaders for the third Programmatic Orientation, where they will discuss the mission of UC ANR and our varied roles in California and within the University, and you will see examples of successful research and outreach programs.
The program typically begins at noon on Day 1 and ends at noon Day 3.
Take this opportunity to engage in discussions with colleagues about the resources...
ANR invites 51 proposals for competitive and high-reward grants
Dear Colleagues,
I am pleased to announce the letters of intent (LOIs) for which principal investigators have been invited to submit full proposals to ANR's Competitive Grants Program and High-Risk/High-Reward Grants Program. The list of 51 approved projects can be found at http://ucanr.edu/sites/anrstaff/Divisionwide_Programs/2017_Funding_Opportunities_Grants.
This year ANR received a total of 108 letters of intent — 97 for the Competitive Grants Program and 11 for the High-Risk/High-Reward Grants Program. Strategic...
Colleagues,
A state audit report was released today about the budget practices and administrative expenditures of the UC Office of the President. UCOP's news release can be found here.
In addition, a video response to the audit report for UC employees has been issued by Board of Regents Chair Monica Lozano and can be viewed here.
/span>The University of California is proposing revisions to Staff Policy 3 – Types of Appointment, which applies to staff employees in the Professional & Support Staff and Managers & Senior Professionals personnel groups and to Senior Management Group members.
The policy has undergone full review and a systemwide workgroup with representatives from UC Davis, UC San Francisco, UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara and the Office of the President was formed to propose revisions to clarify the various types of appointments at the University. The proposed policy revisions will combine PPSM 3 with PPSM 24 (Per Diem Positions) and PPSM 61 (Release During the Probationary Period or from Limited Casual/Restricted, and Floater...
- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
All UC ANR staff and academics are invited to join a webinar at 1:30 this afternoon for a “sneak peek” of a new video series about combatting climate change. The 30-minute webinar will introduce “Climate Change,” a six-episode series produced by the University of California communications team and slated for wide distribution later this week by Vox, a news and opinion website that is known for explanatory journalism.
The series features UC and non-UC experts sharing potential solutions to the global climate change threat. One of the episodes focuses on reducing...