Author Archive: UC Tech News
UC Tech News
February 23, 2017
All Articles, Feature ArticlesCrystal Ross O’Hara, Cybersecurity, Risk and Safety Solutions, UC Davis, UCD
By Crystal Ross O’Hara, Lead Communications Analyst, Risk and Safety Solutions, UC Davis. Public service is a core mission of the University of California and one way it is achieved is by sharing innovations and technology from campuses to the…
Read more about Commercial Customers Now Buying Software Created by UC’s Risk and Safety Solutions
UC Tech News
February 21, 2017
All Articles, Feature ArticlesBruinTech, Stefanie Pietkiewicz, UC Los Angeles, UCLA
By Stefanie Pietkiewicz, Project Manager, Community Partnership Programs, Office of Information Technology, UCLA Breaking down the silos With more than 1000 technologists sprinkled across hundreds of departments, UCLA desperately needed a campuswide program to unify its widely dispersed IT staff….
Read more about BruinTech Program Unites IT Staff Across UCLA
UC Tech News
February 17, 2017
All Articles, Announcements/EventsJessica Hilt, Storytelling, UC San Diego, UCSD, webinar
Date: Wednesday, February 22, 2017 Time: 11:30am – 12:30pm Description: We often want to convince someone to approve a budget item or understand a decision but fail to persuade them with data alone. “Storytelling” is becoming a hot, new business…
Read more about Upcoming Webinar: Strategic Storytelling
UC Tech News
February 16, 2017
All Articles, Announcements/EventsHealthcare, UC Irvine, UC San Diego, UCI, UCSD, Yadira Galindo
By Yadira Galindo, Communications and Media Relations Manager, UCSD Health. Think you have an idea that will change health care but need the means to bring your innovation to fruition? Register for UC Health Hack, a two-day interdisciplinary hackathon that…
Read more about Innovators Wanted: UC Health Hack Seeks New Ideas to Solve Critical Health Problems
UC Tech News
February 14, 2017
All Articles, Feature ArticlesAdeney Zo, Gershon Weltman, OPT, UC Los Angeles, UCLA, Veronica Santos
By Adeney Zo, IT Communications Analyst, Office of Information Technology, UCLA. UCLA’s Office of Information Technology (OIT) has released OPT (Online Polling Tool), a web-based classroom polling tool that’s accessible through computers and mobile devices, and…
Read more about OPT – Free UCLA Classroom Polling Tool for Campus Courses
UC Tech News
February 10, 2017
All Articles, Feature ArticlesAlexa Rivetti, Cybersecurity, UC Berkeley, UC Cyber Security Summit, UCB
By Alexa Rivetti, IT Communications Coordinator, UCOP. Over 80 cybersecurity professionals converged at UC Berkeley’s Memorial Stadium on November 9, 2016, for the second biannual UC Cybersecurity Summit. The event was informative, positive, and fun. Lawyers, professors, and programmers formed…
Read more about UC Cybersecurity Summit – Actually a Fun Event!
UC Tech News
February 7, 2017
All Articles, Feature ArticlesAngela Song, collaboration, UC San Diego, UCSD, Yvonne Tevis
By Yvonne Tevis, Chief of Staff, UCOP Information Technology Services. When the UCI Office of Information Technology (OIT) decided to conduct a customer satisfaction survey, it turned to the experts – UC San Diego’s Organizational Performance Assessments unit. UCSD…
Read more about UCSD’s Customer Satisfaction Survey Is Taking Off
UC Tech News
February 2, 2017
All Articles, SpotlightsAngela Cummings, CIO, UC San Diego, UCSD, Vince Kellen
By Angela Cummings, Marketing Communications Lead, Information Technology Services, UC San Diego. What attracted you to UC? First and foremost, it was the people I met when I visited campus. The university feels young and energetic, entrepreneurial and agile. Tell…
Read more about Q&A with Vince Kellen – UC San Diego CIO
UC Tech News
January 31, 2017
All Articles, Feature ArticlesAlexa Rivetti, Climate Data, UC Los Angeles, UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara, UCLA, UCSB, UCSD
By Alexa Rivetti, IT Communications Coordinator, UCOP. On a rainy LA afternoon, over 60 faculty, staff and students from UCLA, UC Santa Barbara, UC San Diego, and CalTech came together to preserve some of the nation’s climate change data that…
Read more about UC Scientists and Programmers Fight to Save Climate Data
UC Tech News
January 26, 2017
All Articles, SpotlightsAlison Spencer, Erik Wieland, Healthcare, UC San Francisco, UCSF
By Alison Spencer, UCB student intern, UCOP. There’s a saying among IT staff at UCSF: “I cure cancer – very indirectly.” Erik Wieland, an application manager, said this attitude is his favorite thing about working at the campus. “I love the…
Read more about Spotlight: Using IT to Improve Patient Care – UCSF’s Erik Wieland