August 8, 2018 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
By Savannah Gray. Being a student is tough. On top of trying to succeed academically, one has to navigate the social aspect of making friends, interacting with others, and figuring out one’s identity. Now, imagine doing all that while being…
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August 1, 2018 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
By Yvonne Tevis. Patient data – it’s a gold mine for health research. Without patient data, researchers can’t analyze conditions, explore treatment efficacy, consider new models of personalized care… And in today’s fast-paced and competitive world of health research, researchers…
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By Julia Chen. In less than two weeks, 600 members of the UC IT community will gather for the annual UC Computing Sciences Conference (UCCSC), held this year at UC Davis. UCCSC is a great place to network, build…
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July 25, 2018 All Articles, Feature Articles 1
By Michael Wegmann. UC Procurement Services is excited to announce the availability of UC wide agreements reflecting deeply discounted prices for IT infrastructure. Products in five categories– routers and switches, wireless, firewalls, servers, and storage – are now available either…
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By Julia Chen. For the second year in a row, UCSB CIO Matthew Hall conducted a survey of the UC location CIOs, asking them to prioritize issues for IT leadership at the university. The survey presented a number of key…
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By John Ruzicka. Lean Six Sigma is a customer-oriented methodology that continually improves performance by eliminating waste. Most of the technical employees in Information Technology Services at the UC Office of the President (UCOP) have completed Yellow Belt training in…
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July 18, 2018 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
By Mark Hersberger. UC San Diego means business when it comes to integrating a mindset of continuous improvement and business excellence. It all comes together through the Business Excellence Community of Practice (BE-CoP), which facilitates training and idea sharing at…
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By Julie Goldstein. Smartphones and other electronic devices have made it easier to stay in touch and multi-task while traveling. But they can also mean increased cyber risks for keeping your personal and university information private, as well as increased…
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By Lisa Bono. Van Williams started as vice chancellor of information technology at UC Santa Cruz on July 2, 2018, replacing retired VC Mary Doyle and interim VC Brad Smith. Van has spent much of his professional life on the…
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June 27, 2018 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
By Annelie Rugg. Behind every project are technical solutions and decisions about architecture we never hear about. In January the UC IT Blog showcased the Sautter award-winning Putting Youth on the Map (PYOM) project. Recently, I had a…
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