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EPA Food Recovery Challenge ceremony will be held at UC Berkeley on November 15 starting at 10am, and will include remarks and a tour to follow of our university’s student-led composting network and innovative LeanPath computerized food waste tracking system at Cal Dining. The LeanPath system provides real time data to avoid food waste and save money. The tour will provide a behind-the-scenes look at UC Berkeley’s innovative approach to food management. 

Read about it in the NewsCenter article: The Path To Financial Sustainability: There's a Link to That!

Yesterday, we held the first Revenue Generation Symposium on campus. It was an excellent start and I hope you will take the time to look at the presentations made by intrepid deans and leaders in the administration who are thinking of creative ways to pursue revenue generating ideas.

NewsCenter article: How do we make hard data easier to manage?

Dear Faculty and Staff,

I am pleased to announce the appointment of Thera Kalmijn as the first Chief Operating Officer of Campus Shared Services. 

First, welcome to the new VCAF website! I hope it is useful and informative.

Second, why a blog? I think it would be a useful way for me to communicate what I am focused on to a broader audience than I can normally reach in a more informal way. It may not work, but seems worth a try.

March 2012: This has been a year of significant campus wide reforms designed to increase efficiency and raise revenue. The ultimate goal is simple: free up more of our limited resources to spend on teaching and research, and place Berkeley on a sustainable long term financial footing.