Monthly Archive: May 2019
UC Tech News
May 31, 2019
All Articles, Feature ArticlesHealthcare, innovation, Michael Marchant, UC Davis, UC Davis Health, UCD
By Michael Marchant. After the disastrous California wildfires, how did the many, many displaced people – separated from their local clinics, doctors’ offices, medical records, even medications – get care? How did providers and first responders treat them, when they…
Read more about UCD Health Is Ready: Health Information Exchange when Disaster Strikes
UC Tech News
May 31, 2019
All Articlesinnovation, UC San Diego, UCSD
SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) announced the successful rollout of the SAP Student Activity Hub solution through a partnership with the University of California, San Diego, combining student demographic, course and learning data into one central platform. Access across the enterprise to…
Read more about UC San Diego Goes Live with a Student Success Analytics Platform
UC Tech News
May 31, 2019
All ArticlesBruinTech, Events, UC Los Angeles, UCLA
BruinTech will host the ‘Collaborate: Resources You Can Use to Thrive at UC’ Conference on Monday, June 3 at UCLA. Attend via Zoom and learn about the tools and resources available to you at UCLA and across the UC. Presenters will…
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UC Tech News
May 22, 2019
All Articles, Feature ArticlesProcurement, Systemwide, Thomas Trappler, UCOP
By Thomas Trappler. A new systemwide agreement for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is now available, in addition to a Business Associate Agreement (BAA) for both GCP and G-Suite for Education. Here’s what you need to know. What is GCP?…
Read more about UC Gets Systemwide Agreement and BAA for Google Cloud Platform – and More!
UC Tech News
May 22, 2019
All ArticlesBlogiversary, Contests, Jessica Hilt, UC San Diego, UCSD
Congratulations to Jessica Hilt, manager of Applications Development at UC San Diego Library! Jessica won the Blogiversary contest by bringing in the most commitments to write UC IT Blog articles – with 17! As our winner, she will take home…
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UC Tech News
May 15, 2019
All ArticlesBill Green, Cyber Strong UC, Cybersecurity, Information Security, Larry L. Sautter Awards, UC Systemwide Security Awareness Group
By Bill Green. One hundred fifty years ago, it was not uncommon for friends and neighbors to band together to help one another build a barn. It made for quick work, and just a bit of effort from everyone completed…
Read more about Cyber-Stronger Together: The Systemwide Security Awareness Group
UC Tech News
May 15, 2019
All ArticlesAccessibility, Global Accessibility Awareness Day, Systemwide
Thursday, May 16 is Global Accessibility Awareness Day, affectionately known as GAAD. The purpose of GAAD is to get everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital access/inclusion and people with different abilities. That means that’s the day you make…
Read more about GAAD! Think Accessibility
UC Tech News
May 8, 2019
All Articles, Feature ArticlesIT Services, Karen Flammer, Open edX, UC San Diego, UCSD
By Mark Hersberger. The University of California San Diego was collecting test scores and other learning metrics from 3.4 million students engaged in its offering of 90 massive, open, online courses (MOOCs). However, due to incompatibilities between the data format…
Read more about UC San Diego Updates edX Platform to Improve Online Learning Experience
UC Tech News
May 8, 2019
All ArticlesEvents, UC Santa Barbara, UC Tech, UCCSC, UCSB, UCTech 2019
Registration for the 2019 UCTech Conference, held at UC Santa Barbara, July 15-17, is now open! This year’s theme is “IT Uncorked – Unleashing the potential of our IT ingenuity”. From its humble beginnings as a 21-attendee “academic” software…
Read more about UCTech 2019 Registration is Open
UC Tech News
May 1, 2019
All Articles, Feature Articleshigh-performance computing, IT Research, UC IT Leadership Committee, UC San Diego, UCSD, Valerie Polichar
By Valerie Polichar. The UC Research IT Committee (RITC, or “Ritzy,” as we like to call it) is a subcommittee of the UC IT Leadership Committee (ITLC). Just over four years old, the current iteration of RITC started…
Read more about Get to Know the UC Research IT Committee