Monthly Archive: July 2019
UC Tech News
July 31, 2019
All Articles, Feature ArticlesAnn Kovalchick, Annelie Rugg, Camille Crittenden, Chasiri Sherron, diversity, Events, Meggan Levitt, Michele Haynes, Palmer Gibbs, UC Santa Barbara, UCTech 2019, Van Williams, Women in IT
By Chasiri Sherron. “Change happens by incorporating diverse perspectives,” said Ann Kovalchick, UC Merced chief information officer (CIO), when introducing the 2019 UCTech Conference Diversity/WIT Panel, “Reframing Technical Difficulties – Expertise, Inclusivity, and How Work Gets Done in IT.”…
Read more about The 2019 Diversity/Women in IT Panel: Who Belongs in Tech?
UC Tech News
July 31, 2019
All ArticlesJulia Lupton, Shakespeare Center, UC Irvine, UCI
What happens when Shakespeare meets the digital age? A selfie soliloquy, for one. A new online course taught by Julia Lupton, professor of English and co-director of the Shakespeare Center at the University of California, Irvine, is the first of its…
Read more about Cyber Shakespeare
UC Tech News
July 24, 2019
All Articles, Feature ArticlesMeagan Torres, Michael Wegmann, Procurement, strategic sourcing, Systemwide, Thomas Trappler, UCOP, Yvonne Tevis
By Yvonne Tevis. About one year ago, UC struck amazing deals with IT infrastructure companies – deals that likely will save the university up to $16M a year for five years. It’s true, UC Procurement rocks negotiation. But UC also…
Read more about Backstage: How UC Got the IT Infrastructure Deals
UC Tech News
July 24, 2019
All ArticlesCITRIS, cyberinfrastructure, Events, Information Security, workshop
Join researchers, computer scientists, and data scientists at Securing Research Data: A Workshop on Emerging Practices in Computation and Storage for Sensitive Data, August 22, 9am–3pm. This one-day workshop will convene researchers from a variety of disciplines, including biology and…
Read more about Workshop on Securing Research Data
UC Tech News
July 17, 2019
All Articles, Feature ArticlesDr. Amy Sitapati, Events, Marissa J. Ventura, UC Health, UC San Diego, UC San Diego Health, UCSD
By Marissa J. Ventura. UC San Diego Health recently hosted its second annual Population Health Boot Camp. This one-day event gives participants the opportunity to gain in-depth knowledge of population-health tools, including registries, data integration, and strategy. It also allows…
Read more about Population Health Boot Camp: Q&A with Dr. Amy Sitapati
UC Tech News
July 17, 2019
All ArticlesLarry L. Sautter Awards, UC Information Technology Leadership Council, UC IT, UCCSC, UCTech, UCTech 2019, UCTech Conference
Eight teams representing all locations across the University of California won the 2019 Larry L. Sautter Award for using information technology to make university operations more effective and efficient, and to better serve faculty, staff, students and patients. Systemwide Chief…
Read more about 2019 Sautter Awards Announced!
UC Tech News
July 10, 2019
All Articles, Feature ArticlesEdTech, Educational Technology, ETLC, Shohreh Bozorgmehri, Systemwide, Tom Andriola, UC CIO, UC Irvine, UCI, UCSD CIO, Vince Kellen
By Shohreh Bozorgmehri. This 2018-2019 fiscal year, I was honored to serve as chair of the systemwide Educational Technology Leadership Committee (ETLC). The ETLC is a committee of the Information Technology Leadership Council (ITLC), with direct involvement and support from…
Read more about Meet the Educational Technology Leadership Committee
UC Tech News
July 10, 2019
All ArticlesCisco, UC Los Angeles, UC Merced, UC San Diego Health, UCLA Health, UCLA School of Medicine, UCM, UCSD Health
At the recent Cisco Live event in San Diego, ePlus and Cisco hosted a customer appreciation event exclusively for UC staff. They also gave UC IT Innovation Awards to UC teams who have used Cisco technology in innovative ways. UC…
Read more about UC IT Innovation Awards Presented by Cisco
UC Tech News
July 3, 2019
All Articles, Feature ArticlesLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, San Diego Supercomputer Center, Science DMZ, Stephen Hauskins, UC Santa Cruz, UCSC
By Stephen Hauskins. High-end computational capabilities and support are rapidly becoming a necessity for UC Santa Cruz faculty, students, researchers, and collaborators. However, access to this type of capability is disproportionately distributed. Hummingbird, a shared computational cluster, is UCSC’s…
Read more about Hummingbird: UCSC’s Small but Mighty Open-Access Computational Cluster
UC Tech News
July 3, 2019
All ArticlesContests, Events, UC Santa Barbara, UCSB, UCTech, UCTech 2019
In less than 3 weeks, the largest gathering of IT Professionals across the UC will descend on UC Santa Barbara for UCTech 2019. The beautiful UCSB campus will serve as the perfect backdrop for our UCTech Photo Contest! The best…
Read more about Enter the #UCTech2019Photo Instagram Contest!