Free Speech Week events, increased security on campus and the intense media focus on UC Berkeley are impacting our students. Constant exposure to negative and threatening situations and environments has been linked to confusion, anxiety, sadness, helplessness, difficulty focusing, and poor sleep. CAPS would like to remind everyone that seeking support is a sign of strength, courage, and resiliency, not a sign of weakness.
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September 25, 2017
September 19, 2017
Be Well Buzz
Flu shots, Ask the Dietitian, LGBTQ resources, sample fees/SHIP, and pet hugs
September 15, 2017
There are new food experts in town! Please meet the Nutrition Outreach Workers, aka NOW. The NOWs are nutrition students at UC Berkeley hoping to spread nutrition information to their peers.
August 28, 2017
Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR)
Ask a Question, Save a Life
Over the last few years, you may have become acquainted with the Look for the Signs App (for students) or the Mental Health Handbook for faculty, staff, and GSIs to assist you in helping someone in distress. One component of that help is understanding when a student may be in danger of suicide. Counseling and Psychological Services would like to offer you unique training specifically to support students who may be thinking about suicide. Each training is limited to 20 attendees.
August 27, 2017
Campus Memorial September 18
Every fall, the campus holds an annual memorial event to recognize the faculty/academics, staff, students, emeriti faculty, and staff retirees who died in the past year. This event will take place on Monday, September 18th from 12-1 pm at the flagpole west of California Hall. The program includes brief remarks and a reading of the names of those who are being remembered, followed by music and spoken word.
August 18, 2017
Not all freshmen arrive on campus knowing how to be resilient. Staff Psychologist Amy Honigman shares her perspective in this Mercury News article.
July 31, 2017
Berkeley News
This Fall, the Student Health Insurance Plan is adding two new services for its transgender students: Fertility preservation and hair electrolysis. Laura Alie, PsyD, the chair of our transgender Care Team tells more about why these services are necessary: A pioneer in LGBTQ care, Tang takes two steps forward for transgender students.
July 27, 2017
Staff Psychologist Laurie Allie discusses transgender care at University Health Services a Berkeley News article.
July 24, 2017
University Health Services clinical dietitian Toby Morris discusses body image and disordered eating in a California Magazine article.
The Skinny on Body Peace and Other Campus Resources for Eating Disorders
California Magazine | July 18, 2017 | by Krissy Eliot
June 23, 2017
Photos from UC Walks, the Staff Appreciation finale event
On Friday, June 16, UC Berkeley faculty and staff participated in the 8th annual UC Walks event, including Chancellor-designate Carol Christ and Interim AVC of Human Resources Jo Mackness. Campus walking events provide employees with the opportunity to walk as a campus community, build movement into their workday, and walk for a cause. This event capped off Staff Appreciation Week. Read more >
June 19, 2017
University Health Services (UHS) at the University of California Berkeley has been recognized for a second time as a “Leader in LGBT Healthcare Equality” by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, the educational arm of the country’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization.
May 22, 2017
Are you having issues logging onto the eTang portal?
We are working diligently with the campus on a permanent solution to the issue, but in the meantime following these steps allows most students to log on:
May 16, 2017
May 4, 2017
At University Health Services (UHS), we believe that affordable healthcare is a right for all. We are strong supporters of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Many in our community are worried about the proposed repeal of ACA and how that may impact them and their families. We wanted to explain how these changes may or may not affect insurance at UC Berkeley.
April 21, 2017
UC Berkeley has been informed that students at other UC campuses have been the target of a fraud scheme as members of the University of California student insurance plan, UC SHIP. UC SHIP is currently investigating.
April 19, 2017
Seeking New Wellness Ambassadors for Departments or Work Units
Career Development Workshops Through the End of June
April 18, 2017
University Health Services, Tang Center will have limited services on Friday, April 21 due to a PG&E power shutdown. We will remain open. Current appointments scheduled for Friday will still be held unless you have been otherwise notified. If your health needs can wait, please schedule any non-critical services for other days.
April 17, 2017
On Wednesday, April 12, 2017, the UHS PartySafe Program celebrated its third annual PartySafe Awards recognizing individuals, groups, and departments that have been highly effective in building safer alcohol and party practices at UC Berkeley.
March 24, 2017
Help staff perform their best
Managers and supervisors have an important role in creating a healthy work environment, helping the staff they supervise to perform at their best. Be Well at Work-Wellness Program has resources to help you with this responsibility.
March 23, 2017
University Health Services at UC Berkeley is dismayed at the President’s recent action to rescind federal guidance to educational institutions for transgender students. We believe trans rights are human rights. The President’s action does not change California state law which grants transgender students the right to use public facilities that align with their gender identity, and it doesn’t change our commitment to protecting and providing equal rights and services to our transgender students.