May 4, 2016 All Articles, Spotlights 1
Posted by Yvonne Tevis, ITS chief of staff, UCOP. Paul Weiss got into IT because he was living in Los Angeles, and he needed money to afford a car. That’s quite a concession for a biking fiend. But the path…
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Posted by Ravi Jain, Managing Director, UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute. The UCSC Genomics Institute aims to revolutionize medicine and transform our understanding of life itself. We imagine a future in which genomic data is the cornerstone for fighting…
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April 21, 2016 All Articles, Spotlights 0
Posted by Lisa Kemp Jones, Head of Digital Operations and Initiatives, UCLA. I started at UCLA in 1996, landing my dream job to open and manage a large computing lab and classroom environment for students. My first colleagues were carpenters…
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Posted by Allison Tong, SIS Communications Lead, UCI. As many of you know, UCI celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2015. The university has accomplished many milestones over its half-century lifespan, and continues to move forward as one of the top-tier…
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Featured in UCOP Link newsletter. Over two dozen volunteers from 10 UCOP departments* collaborated on the successful design and staffing of two well-received interactive booths at the 2016 Oakland Youth Careers Expo on Feb. 26. More than 1,200 high…
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Posted by Alexa Rivetti, UCB Student Intern, UCOP. SPARCM is a sponsored-research billing system that creates a “one stop” for all post-award financial activities. Developed at UCSD, it is now also used at UCLA and UCD. SPARCM stands for Sponsored…
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March 24, 2016 All Articles, Spotlights 0
Posted by Pierre Brickey, Director, Office of the CIO, UCSF. After completing electrical engineering school in the U.S. Army during the early 90s, I started my career in the defense sector of technology and spent a year in Turkey. It was…
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March 16, 2016 All Articles, Announcements/Events 0
Posted by Lisa Bono, IT Communications Manager, UCSC. New this year to the UC Computing Services Conference (UCCSC), first-time attendees may qualify to have the conference registration fee ($250) waived! To generate new faces and energy at the conference…
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Posted by Leah Burns, IT Communications Coordinator, UCOP. “We need to make a collective effort to stay well-informed about what causes cyber risk,” said UC CIO Tom Andriola at the 2016 Cybersecurity Summit. “As perpetrators get more sophisticated, stakes rise…
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March 10, 2016 All Articles, Spotlights 0
Posted by Leah Burns, IT Communications Coordinator, UCOP. When Czarina Ofalla was studying biochemistry as an undergrad at UCLA, she had no idea she would end up working in electronic medical records. A part-time job as a pharmacy technician showed…
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