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        UC Tech News
        August 28, 2019
        All ArticlesAnnouncements, Events, IT Communications, The Portal, UC IT, UC IT Portal, UCTech        
      
      
      
The calendar on the UC IT Portal lists events of interest for the systemwide UC IT audience. Be sure to check it from time to time. You’ll learn about everything from the EDUCAUSE annual conference to the 
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        UC Tech News
        August 21, 2019
        All Articles, Feature Articlesrobotics, Science Robotics, Sonia Fernandez, UC Santa Barbara, UCSB        
      
      
      
By Sonia Fernandez, Engineering and Public Affairs Writer, UC Santa Barbara. When you think of robots, it’s likely the image that pops into your head is one of a rigid, perhaps humanoid metallic machine with electro-mechanical actuators and calculated movements. Which…
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        UC Tech News
        August 21, 2019
        All ArticlesDanna Gianforte, Events, Harold Schmitz, IT Leadership Council, ITLC, Mars and the March Fund, Tom Andriola, Town Hall, UC CIO, UC IT Town Hall, UCR CIO        
      
      
      
Don’t miss the next UC IT Town Hall – Wednesday, September 11 at 10:00 a.m! Dr. Harold Schmitz, former Mars, Inc. Chief Science Officer and now General Partner at the March Fund, will discuss the transformation of the food industry…
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        UC Tech News
        August 14, 2019
        All Articles, Feature ArticlesEvents, Leadership Academy, Sarkis Daglian, UC Irvine, UC IT Leadership Academy, UCI        
      
      
      
By Sarkis Daglian. In April 2019, UC Irvine Interim Chief Information Officer Kian Colestock and I launched the inaugural Office of Information Technology (OIT) Leadership Academy. The program is a collaboration with UCI’s Paul Merage School of Business. It is…
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        UC Tech News
        August 14, 2019
        All ArticlesCyber Security Summit, Cybersecurity, Events, UC Cyber Security Summit, UC Santa Barbara, UCSB        
      
      
      
We are only two months away from the 8th biannual Cyber Security Summit at UC Santa Barbara. On October 23, five industry leaders will present at the summit: Richard Sparrow of Penn State, Kelly Thiele of DHS, Giovanni Vigna…
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        UC Tech News
        August 7, 2019
        All Articles, Feature ArticlesCybersecurity, Information Security, John Virden, UC Riverside, UCR        
      
      
      
By John Virden. The University of California has a new systemwide electronic information security policy, often referred to as IS-3. It was signed into action by President Janet Napolitano, September 7, 2018, and is the culmination of many years…
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        UC Tech News
        August 7, 2019
        All ArticlesEvents, Jeané Blunt, UC IT, UCCSC, UCTech, UCTech 2019, UCTech Conference        
      
      
      
By Jeané Blunt. With 732 attendees, UCTech 2019 at UC Santa Barbara was the largest ever in the history of the conference! The largest group of attendees – 130 – came from UC Santa Barbara itself. UC Davis came in second…
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        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.”…
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        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…
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        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…
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