Author Archive: UC Tech News
UC Tech News
December 10, 2020
All ArticlesBill Buchanan, Cybersecurity, Information Security Symposium, InfoSec Symposium, privacy, UC Davis, UCD
By Bill Buchanan. Mark your calendar: UC Davis has scheduled the 10th biennial Information Security Symposium for June 15-16, 2021. Security and technical professionals and administrators from throughout the University of California, as well as guests from other California state…
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UC Tech News
December 2, 2020
All ArticlesCalifornia COVID Notify, coronavirus, COVID-19, GAEN, Google/Apple Exposure Notifiation, pandemic, pilot program, smartphone technology
By Sandra Baltazar Martinez and Andrea Estrada. After a successful deployment at UC San Diego and UC San Francisco, five more UC campuses are joining California COVID Notify, a pilot program of a smartphone-based COVID-19 exposure notification system. The program is…
Read more about UC Campuses Pilot a Smartphone App that Aims to Limit Spread of COVID-19
UC Tech News
December 2, 2020
All ArticlesGolden Award, Healthcare, Information Technology, Larry L. Sautter Awards, Return to Learn, UC San Diego, UC Tech 2020, UCCSC, UCSD, UCTech
UC San Diego’s Return to Learn program took home the Golden Award at the 2020 Sautter Awards. The Return to Learn program combines health care, continuous improvement, IT and problem solving to chart a path to bringing people back to…
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UC Tech News
November 18, 2020
All ArticlesCommunication, COVID-19, Katie Chappell, management, pandemic, remote work, Trello, UC Irvine, UCI, work-life balance
By Katie Chappell. I recently celebrated one year with the University of California – I’ve now worked for UC Irvine remotely and during a pandemic longer than I have on campus in normal circumstances. I am doing this while co-parenting…
Read more about What I’ve Learned About Parenting and Working during COVID
UC Tech News
November 18, 2020
All Articlesagreement, Azure, cloud infrastructure, discount, Microsoft, platform services, policy, Procurement, Thomas Trappler
By Thomas Trappler. Since 2014, the UC wide agreement with Microsoft (2018.000231) has made Microsoft’s Azure products available for use under terms and conditions aligned with UC’s needs, policy, and the law. Effective July 1, 2020, as a result…
Read more about UC Gets Discount for Microsoft Azure
UC Tech News
November 18, 2020
All ArticlesChristy Forte, COC, Conflict of Commitment, Golden Award, Larry L. Sautter Awards, OPA, Outside Professional Activities, Sautter Awards, Systemwide, UC Los Angeles, UC OATS, UC Outside Activity Tracking System, UC Tech, UC Tech 2020, UCLA, virtual, webinar
The UC Outside Activity Tracking System (UC OATS) took home the Golden Award at the 2020 Sautter Awards. UC OATS is a systemwide, multi-campus collaboration formed to facilitate the reporting and tracking of Outside Professional Activities (OPA) and identify potential cases of…
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UC Tech News
November 12, 2020
All ArticlesAI, Artificial Intelligence, Jeffrey Flannigan, Marilyn Walker, National Science Foundation, NSF, UC Santa Cruz, UCSC
By Tim Stephens. Computer scientists in the Baskin School of Engineering at UC Santa Cruz are partners in a new institute to explore the role that artificial intelligence (AI) may play in the future of education and workforce development. Funded…
Read more about UCSC Partners in Institute to Explore the Role of AI in Education
UC Tech News
November 12, 2020
All ArticlesCIO, Dr. Christopher Longhurst, Eugene Whitlock, Events, ITLC, Mark Cianca, Town Hall, UC Berkeley, UC CIO, UC IT Leadership Council, UC IT Town Hall, UC San Diego, UC San Diego Health, UCB, UCSD, UCSD Health, Vince Kellen
The UC IT Town Hall was held October 19, 2020. Over 400 attendees joined remotely from around the UC system. Mark Cianca, Interim UC CIO, opened the session to welcome attendees. Eugene Whitlock, UC Berkeley chief people and culture…
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UC Tech News
November 12, 2020
All Articlesconference, Events, Geographic Information Systems, geospatial, GIS, GIS Day, UC GIS
The University of California is launching its first-ever systemwide GIS (Geographic Information Systems) Week, November 17 – 19. GIS Week will celebrate all things mapping and geospatial. Registration is required to attend. UC GIS Week will showcase a variety…
Read more about Register for UC GIS Week
UC Tech News
November 4, 2020
All ArticlesChristy Snyder, collaboration, coronavirus, COVID-19, Gustavo Torres, Jessica Duffy, Microsoft Teams, Office of Information Technology, OIT, Student Dens, UC Merced, UCM
By Jessica Duffy and Christy Snyder. As the full impact of COVID-19 unfolded over the summer, UC Merced’s academic leadership made the decision to build out capacity to support remote instruction. Of particular concern was the student experience in this…
Read more about Student Dens: A Remote Student Support System at UC Merced