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October 31, 2019

UC Berkeley News

UC Berkeley is among the most environmentally responsible colleges, according to a new Princeton Review survey of some 413 American colleges and universities.

The survey found that Berkeley was the number 14 greenest college in the country, and the top University of California honored, with UC Merced coming in at number 20.

September 26, 2019

September 23, 2019

Chancellor Carol Christ issued the following message to the campus community on Monday, Sept. 23, 2019:

Dear friends and colleagues,

As the academic year begins, I want to provide you with an update on the progress we are making with key campus initiatives. Thanks to strengthened financial foundations and extraordinary preparatory work by faculty, staff and students, we are putting the pieces in place for a new era of excellence.

September 14, 2019

UC Office of the President
Statement from UC President Napolitano on Public Education Facilities Bond
UC Office of the PresidentSaturday, September 14, 2019

University of California President Janet Napolitano issued the following statement today (September 14): 

August 29, 2019

Chancellor Carol Christ sent a message to the UC Berkeley community on Wednesday about an ongoing seismic assessment of the roughly 600 buildings owned or occupied by the university.

What’s happening?

Berkeley is in the middle of conducting seismic evaluations of the more than 600 buildings on campus. These evaluations are part of a coordinated effort by the UC Office of the President to assess the seismic safety of all buildings across the 10-campus system using new standards.

August 22, 2019

Chancellor Carol Christ gave the following remarks during the 2019 convocation ceremony to welcome new students to UC Berkeley:

Welcome!

Welcome to the transfer students, the Class of 2021!

Welcome to the freshmen, the Class of 2023!

My name is Carol Christ, and as chancellor it is my great pleasure to welcome you all to the University of California, Berkeley, and to the next chapter of your lives.

August 7, 2019

BFS Community,
As the Controller's Office has communicated previously, the Payroll and Personnel System (PPS) is being retired because of the implementation of UCPath. The key deadlines to be aware of before the September PPS retirement are listed below. 
PPS "view-only" after September 26

July 25, 2019

Cal Answers HR Community,

We're pleased to announce we've updated the Cal Answers HR Workforce Detail dashboard to include reports on job funding data.

June 27, 2019

June 11, 2019

UC Berkeley News

UC Berkeley’s self-described “storyteller-in-chief” took her role to heart this week, reminding an audience of campus communicators that, “We are a story-telling species, and we are always writing history in the strands of the present.”

June 3, 2019

BFS Community,
GAEL journal related to PPS payroll expense transfers was not posted in April 
The monthly General, Automobile, and Employment Liability (GAEL) file which records adjustments related to Payroll Expense Transfer (PET) actions in the Payroll Personnel System (PPS) was not received in time for posting to April and was posted in May.

May 30, 2019

Bisnow has honored UC Berkeley’s Vice Chancellor of Finance Rosemarie Rae with a Bay Area Power Women award. This award celebrates Bay Area Power Women who have helped shape Bay Area cities, neighborhoods, businesses and lifestyles. Fellow honorees included Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf and Jackie Safier of Prometheus, among others. The winners were honored on May 30 at Bisnow's Bay Area Power Women award ceremony at Hotel Nikko in San Francisco.

May 2, 2019

April 17, 2019

In 1970, when Chancellor Carol Christ joined UC Berkeley’s English department as an assistant professor, only 3% of the faculty on campus were women. “I always felt like a pioneer, in part, because I’m of the generation of the feminist revolution,” says Christ.

April 10, 2019

By Public Affairs, UC Berkeley | APRIL 10, 2019

Chancellor Carol Christ issued the following message today:

To the Berkeley Campus Community

April 1, 2019

Dear Colleagues,

UCPath is live! Please review this email closely for information about how to access UCPath Online, where to get help, and more. You can also refer to the UCPath Fact Sheet and the Berkeley UCPath website for more information.

Access UCPath Online

March 18, 2019

​BFS Community,

As a result of the UCPath implementation, there will be changes affecting the general ledger.

The last PPS pay journal transmitted to the general ledger will be for the bi-weekly pay period ending March 9th. All subsequent pay journals will be coming from UCPath. We've listed the changes we've identified so far, along with recommended actions for you to take below.

March 15, 2019

CalPlanning Community,
The implementation of UCPath, the new UC-wide system for payroll, personnel, HR and benefits, is taking place during March.

February 27, 2019

Cal Answers Community,
The implementation of UCPath, the new UC-wide system for payroll, personnel, HR and benefits, will take place in March.

February 8, 2019

Cal Answers Community,
Cal Answers is now available, with an upgrade! You'll notice a slightly cleaner look, more chart options, and some updated icons. The upgrade also made it possible to sort data within graphs, copy data from results, and reuse columns. Visit the Cal Answers website for an overview of the changes that were made.

Recommended actions related to the upgrade