Author Archive: UC Tech News
UC Tech News
January 24, 2017
All Articles, Feature ArticlesLibrary, Susan Chesley Perry, UC Santa Cruz, UCSC
By Susan Chesley Perry, Head of Digital Initiatives, University Library, UC Santa Cruz. As Library Collections and services increasingly move online, the lines between traditional library and IT roles are starting to blur. This past summer, during the UC Computing…
Read more about Bringing Archives Online: A Team-Based Approach
UC Tech News
January 17, 2017
All Articles, Announcements/EventsGabe Youtsey, Healthcare, Laura Esserman, Tom Andriola, UC CIO, UC IT Town Hall, UC San Francisco, UCSF
You’re invited to the upcoming UC IT Town Hall, featuring Dr. Laura Esserman, MD/MBA, UCSF; as well as UC CIO Tom Andriola and ANR CIO Gabe Youtsey. Join via webstream or in person – details below. Date: January 19, 2017…
Read more about Reminder – UC IT Town Hall Jan. 19
UC Tech News
January 12, 2017
All Articles, Feature ArticleseSports, OIT, UC Irvine, UCI, Wayne Fields
By Wayne J. Fields, Assistant Director, Student Affairs IT, UCI. UC Irvine was already a leader in eSports, with a highly decorated team at the top of the NACC League of Legends, when College Magazine ranked it the number one…
Read more about UCI eSports: The Next Frontier in Inter-Collegiate Competitive Gaming
UC Tech News
January 5, 2017
All Articles, Feature ArticlesOla Popoola, UC Information Center, UCOP
By Ola Popoola, Director of Reporting and Analytics, UCOP. The UC Information Center was launched in March 2015 by the Office of Institutional Research and Academic Planning (IRAP). The burgeoning demand for easy access to data – in part…
Read more about What’s Up with the UC Information Center?
UC Tech News
December 13, 2016
All Articles, Announcements/EventsHealthcare, Laura Esserman, UC IT Town Hall, UC San Francisco, UCSF
Don’t miss the upcoming UC IT Town Hall, January 19, 10 – 11:00 a.m. Special guest Laura Esserman, M.D./M.B.A, will speak on the power of technology to transform health care. Dr. Esserman is a surgeon, breast cancer oncology specialist, and…
Read more about Save the Date – UC IT Town Hall Jan. 19
UC Tech News
December 6, 2016
All Articles, Feature ArticlesNSRC, Steve Huter, Volunteering, Yvonne Tevis
By Yvonne Tevis, Chief of Staff, Information Technology Services, UCOP. Network engineers travel to far-flung corners of the world to help build up research and education networks in places like Guam, Bhutan, and Sri Lanka, and Ghana, India, and Ecuador….
Read more about Building the Global Research and Education Network – A Volunteer Opportunity
UC Tech News
December 1, 2016
All Articles, Feature ArticlesAlison Spencer, Brandon Stark, Drones, UC Davis, UC Merced, UCD, UCM
Posted by Alison Spencer, UCB Student Intern, UCOP. Drones have emerged in recent years as an exciting information-gathering tool. At UC Merced’s newly established UC Center of Excellence on Unmanned Aircraft Systems Safety, director Brandon Stark and his team…
Read more about Drones Taking Flight: UC’s Center of Excellence on Unmanned Aircraft Systems Safety
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November 29, 2016
All Articles, Feature ArticlesLibrary, Sherri Berger, UCOP
By Sherri Berger, Product Manager, California Digital Library (UCOP). The ten libraries of the University of California system hold a dazzling array of unique materials, including photographs, newspapers, maps, oral histories, films, ephemera, and more. Documents of world events and…
Read more about A Set of Services to Expand Digital Library Collections
UC Tech News
November 22, 2016
All Articles, Announcements/EventsDawn Canfield, Nick Thompson, Printing, webinar
Date: November 30, 2016 Time: 2:00pm – 3:00pm Description: How do you manage giving students the ability to print documents in support of instruction without monitoring the academic purpose of every page printed? Originally we solved this by allowing them…
Read more about Upcoming Webinar: How to Improve the Student Computing and Printing Experience
UC Tech News
November 21, 2016
All Articles, Feature ArticlesInformation Security, Julie Goldstein, UCOP
By Julie Goldstein, Cyber-Risk IT Security Analyst, UCOP, adapted from a UC Santa Cruz article. Online holiday shopping continues to grow in popularity. Last year’s Cyber Monday sales reached approximately 3 billion dollars, an increase of 12-16% over 2014’s record-setting…
Read more about Tips to Keep Your Information Secure During the Holiday Shopping Season