Monthly Archive: June 2021
UC Tech News
June 30, 2021
All ArticlesDEI, diversity, equity, inclusion, inclusive language, IT language, IT language guide, Katie Chappell, Kristen McIntyre, UC Irvine, UCI
By Katie Chappell and Kristen McIntyre. In recognition that language is essential to an inclusive and welcoming environment for everyone, the Office of Information Technology (OIT) is piloting an Inclusive IT Language Guide for the IT community at UCI….
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UC Tech News
June 30, 2021
All ArticlesDevelopment, DevOps, Lindsey Terra, Octopus Deploy, Operations, Student Affairs IT, UC Santa Barbara, UCSB
By Lindsey Terra. In recent years, university IT organizations have focused on automating the complex, multi-step processes that create sticking points and slow down the deployment of improvements for software users. UC Santa Barbara Student Information Systems & Technology (SIS&T)…
Read more about DevOps Practices Improve Efficiency at UCSB Student Affairs IT
UC Tech News
June 30, 2021
All ArticlesAI, Artificial Intelligence, bias, Catherine Kenny, Ian Davidson, Pamela Reynolds, Patrice Koehl, racial profiling, Thomas Strohmer, UC Davis, UC Davis DataLab, UCD
By Catherine Kenny. Artificial Intelligence touches almost every aspect of our lives, from mobile banking and online shopping to social media and real-time traffic maps. But what happens when artificial intelligence is biased? What if it makes mistakes on important…
Read more about Artificial Intelligence: Can We Trust Machines to Make Fair Decisions?
UC Tech News
June 23, 2021
All ArticlesBotRock, chat bot, Information & Educational Technology, service desk, Tobi Paton, UC Davis, UC Davis Service Hub, UCD
By Tobi Paton. The UC Davis Service Hub has a new equine resident. A ServiceNow virtual agent, or chat bot, galloped onto the service portal in February. The bot has been dubbed Botrock, a play on the name of…
Read more about UC Davis Launches Service Portal Chat Bot
UC Tech News
June 23, 2021
All Articlescoronavirus, COVID Dashboard, COVID-19, Information Technology, One IT, pandemic, Rita Rosenthal, UC Berkeley, UCB
By Rita Rosenthal. According to We Rate COVID Dashboards, the work of a multi-university assessment team that rates COVID dashboards developed by colleges and universities nationwide, UC Berkeley has achieved an A+ rating. This grade puts us in the…
Read more about UC Berkeley Receives A+ COVID Dashboard Rating
UC Tech News
June 16, 2021
All Articlesaccountability, Jonathan Prugh, Kymberly Ainsworth, Milesh Jain, post-mortem, retrospective, Teamwork, Tom Manley, UC San Francisco, UCSF
By Kymberly Ainsworth, Milesh Jain, Tom Manley, and Jonathan Prugh. What Is a Retrospective? Retrospectives are a key ingredient to continual improvement in any work you do as part of a collaborative team. But the reality is that no project…
Read more about Looking to Improve Your Team’s Performance? Consider a Retrospective
UC Tech News
June 16, 2021
All Articlesdiversity, grant, inclusion, National Science Foundation, NSF, professional development, START UP SJV, STEM Teachers Alliance for Regional Tech, Students, UC Merced, UCM, underrepresented
By Leigh Bernacchi. The technology world is punctuated by startups, and UC Merced is “starting up” its own program to invigorate computer science education in the San Joaquin Valley. The National Science Foundation awarded a $300,000, two-year grant to support…
Read more about UC Merced Brings NSF ‘Computer Science for All’ Program to Merced Schools
UC Tech News
June 9, 2021
All Articlescoronavirus, COVID-19, Deidre Keeves, Erin Thomas, Heather Hitson, Lindsay Brooker, pandemic, telehealth, UC Los Angeles, UCLA, UCLA Health, UCLA Health IT, Women in Tech
By Lindsay Brooker. When the pandemic took the medical community by surprise in early 2020, the UCLA Health system quickly pivoted to moving as many patients as possible into virtual settings. Almost overnight, many primary care check-ins, surgical follow-ups, and…
Read more about Team of UCLA Health Women Led the Rapid Shift to Telehealth
UC Tech News
June 9, 2021
All ArticlesCalifornia Alliance, Georgia Tech, Harvard University, National Science Foundation, NSF, science technology engineering mathematics, STEM, UC Berkeley, UCB, University of Michigan, University of Texas at Austin, University of Washington
By Gretchen Kell. If underrepresented groups make up 30% of the increasingly diverse U.S. population, why do they represent less than 5% of the faculty nationwide, less than 6% of postdoctoral scholars and only about 10% of Ph.D. students in…
Read more about To Help Diversify STEM Faculty, Berkeley-led Model Goes National
UC Tech News
June 9, 2021
All ArticlesData Privacy, Events, Information Security, personal data, Privacy 101 Workshop, UC San Diego, UCSD, UCSD Privacy Office
Learn about privacy laws and how to best protect yourself at the Privacy 101 Online Webinar, presented by the UC San Diego Campus Privacy Office, on June 23, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Register now! This event…
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