UCPATH Employee Information Session
ERSO Welcomes ORUs to our Service Community
On January 23rd, ERSO held an employee information session about the employee self-service functions in UCPATH. If you missed the presentation, you may view it here. We also encourage you to view this video about the Employee Portal. (Scroll to the bottom of the webpage to access the link): https://ucpath.berkeley.edu/tools-resources/employee-resources
A few important reminders:
ERSO welcomes the following Organized Research Units (ORU), formally supported by Team 9:
Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS)
California Institute for Energy and Environment (CIEE)
Center for Environmental Design Research (CEDR)
Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS)
Institute of Urban and Regional Development (IURD)
UC Transportation Center
Effective December 18, 2018, these ORUs will receive support services from ERSO.
For any questions on how to access services from ERSO, please contact the appropriate functional team using our alias.
ERSO is participating in the Toys for Tots and Teens Program led by UCPD. This event will benefit the young victims of the Camp Fire.
Donation bins are located in the 199MF Cory; the bins will be there until Friday, December 14th.
You can help by donating new toys and school supplies for all ages from infants to teens.
GIFT GUIDELINES:
Only new and unwrapped items in their original packaging can be accepted. Donations will be checked, so please do not wrap them.
Items NOT accepted include:
April - Anthony Stamos
May - Gwen Lindsey
June - Damon Hinson
Pictured: Sanchita Pal and Cathy Weaver
Pictured: Alberto Marcelo, Cynthia Weekley and Tom Parsons
Pictured: Anthony Stamos and Damon Hinson
The team enjoyed a fun-filled hat themed Staff Salute.
After a business update, SPOT award winners and Salute winners were recognized and announced.
The team enjoyed delicious treats and catching up with one another. The hat contest was a hit and prizes went to Tom Parson for best innovative, Natalie Chen and Wendy Kung for most creative, and Cynthia Weekley for her Kentucky Derby style.
Fun was had by all!
Staff Salute Winners:
January Winner - Diane Howe
February Winner - Leslie Goldstein
March Winner - Steven Quach
SPOT Award Winners:
Glenn Chen
Nicole Song
Tracey Richards
Mark Bell
Helena Gin
Once again, the ERSO Poster team created an amazing poster.
This year, the team focused on the ERSO Intranet- the Gears that Connect Us. The team, comprised of Alice Wong, Cathy Weaver, Diane Howe, Eboni Wilson, Gus Monino, Mark Bell, Jennifer Stone, Miriam Kader, TK Chen, Vonis Moore and Leslie Goldstein, worked tirelessly to create a 3-D, motorized and electronic poster.
This project was a true team effort where everyone had a chance to share their talents and creativity. We are so fortunate and lucky to have such dedicated team members who generously gave their time to develop this work of art.
The poster will be on display in the Cory Hall Mezzanine. If you haven't seen, please stop by to check it out.
Members of the ERSO team enjoyed a lovely noon concert at Hertz Hall on Wednesday, March 21st. Listening to beautiful, talented voices and spending time together was a great way to celebrate staff appreciation week.
Effort reporting is a process mandated by the federal government to verify that direct labor charges to, or cost shared on, sponsored projects are accurate, timely, and reflect the actual level of work performed. For more information on Effort Reporting, visit CGA’s website: http://controller.berkeley.edu/cga/effort-reporting
Deadlines are listed here:
03/01/2018 - 04/30/2018: ERC Review Period for 2017 July through December
03/15/2018 - 04/02/2018: RA Review Period
03/29/2018: Self-Certifier Deadline
04/02/2018 - 04/18/2018: PI Review and Certification Period
April 30, 2018: Hard deadline for final certification!
For specific questions about approving your effort reports, please contact your Research Administrator or Effort Report Coordinator.
Congratulations to the ERSO first round SPOT Award winners for 2018!
NSF has awarded UC Berkeley's team led by Ion Stoica one of three $10 million grants to pursue large-scale, far-reaching and potentially transformative research in computer and information science and engineering. Given to the RISELab to address challenges in AI systems by developing open source platforms, tools and algorithms for Real-time, Intelligent, Secure, and Explainable (RISE) decisions. The other two award recipients are the University of Chicago, and Rice University.
Read the full NSF press release and Berkeley press release for more details.