Author Archive: UC Tech News
UC Tech News
April 12, 2016
All ArticlesAllison Tong, Student Information Systems, UC Irvine, UCI
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…
Read more about UCI Student Information System Project
UC Tech News
April 5, 2016
All ArticlesUC Berkeley, UCB, UCOP, Volunteering
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…
Read more about UCOP staff volunteers at 2016 Oakland Youth Careers Expo
UC Tech News
March 29, 2016
All ArticlesAlexa Rivetti, SPARCM, UCCSC
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…
Read more about Video: 2015 Sautter Award Gold Winner, SPARCM, what is it?
UC Tech News
March 24, 2016
All Articles, SpotlightsHealthcare, Pierre Brickey, UC San Francisco, UCSF
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…
Read more about Spotlight: Pierre Brickey, Driving Innovation for UCSF Medical Center
UC Tech News
March 16, 2016
All Articles, Announcements/EventsLisa Bono, UC Santa Cruz, UCCSC, UCOP, UCSC
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…
Read more about UCCSC Registration Fee Waiver for First-Time Attendees!
UC Tech News
March 15, 2016
All ArticlesCybersecurity, Leah Burns, UC Irvine, UCI
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…
Read more about UC IT Security Professionals Gather at UCI
UC Tech News
March 10, 2016
All Articles, SpotlightsCzarina Ofalla, Healthcare, Leah Burns, UC Los Angeles, UCLA
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…
Read more about Spotlight: UCLA’s Czarina Ofalla Improves the Patient Experience with Technology
UC Tech News
March 8, 2016
All ArticlesLarry Delaney, Payroll, UCOP
Posted by Larry Delaney, Sr. Applications Manager, UCOP. The IT department at UCOP enhances and maintains UC’s very complex Payroll and Personnel System (PPS). During 2015, this system paid 286,918 UC employees across the university, of which 190,311 were at…
Read more about Payroll never rests
UC Tech News
March 3, 2016
All Articles, SpotlightsGail Persily, Library, Susan Shen, UC San Francisco, UCSF
Posted By Susan Shen, UCB Intern, UCOP. The conventional image of a librarian is often someone behind a desk taking inventory of books. As Director of Educational Technology Initiatives for the UCSF Library, Gail Persily is so much more….
Read more about Spotlight: Gail Persily, Leading Educational Technology Initiatives for the UCSF Library
UC Tech News
February 25, 2016
All Articles, SpotlightsJennifer Hopkins, Leah Burns, Student Information Services, UC Berkeley, UCB
Posted by Leah Burns, IT Communications Coordinator, UCOP. Jennifer S. Hopkins came to UC Berkeley in 2012, bringing over fifteen years of IT work experience in government and the private sector. For her, the main draw to higher education was…
Read more about Spotlight: Jennifer S. Hopkins, “Helping Transform the UCB Student Experience through Technology”