By Harrison Tasoff. For undergraduate Charles Neumann the announcement that spring quarter classes would be delivered via remote instruction was sad news. Like many graduating seniors, he had hoped to spend his final days at UC Santa Barbara enjoying classes and…
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By Jeané Blunt. Gigi Johnson, Ed.D., teaches music industry courses at the UCLA Herb Albert School of Music and was the founding executive director of the UCLA Center for Music Innovation. She also hosts the UCLA podcast, Innovating Music….
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During shelter in place, the email and Zoom are endless. UC IT just has to step away from it every now and then. We asked coworkers from around UC to send in photos of what they see on their “screen…
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By Harrison Tasoff. As classes, research and administration transition to the internet, the campus’s information technology (IT) departments have had the monumental task of adapting systems, increasing capacity and keeping the university up and running. The good news is that…
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By Ola Popoola. Editor’s Note: A member of the UC IT community, Ola Popoola, posted in her blog the following opinion piece about the recent killing of George Floyd at the hands of the police. It is reposted in…
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UC San Diego has launched an ambitious program called Return to Learn. The goal is to find out if 65,000 faculty, students, and staff can be routinely tested for COVID-19 so the campus may be safely re-opened in the fall. A three-week…
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By Melani Roberson. While we work from home, due to COVID-19, UC San Diego is using an innovation platform to gather employee feedback on how their work is transitioning (virtual or otherwise) in this new and uncertain environment. The response…
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By Jim Phillips. Stevenson College at UC Santa Cruz overlooks the Monterey Bay, offering one of the most impressive views our campus has to offer (and that is saying a lot). Each year, on the three-day Martin Luther King day weekend,…
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Over 400 people from around the UC system joined the UC IT Town Hall on May 5, 2020. If you missed it, you can watch the town hall now. Interim UC CIO Mark Cianca opens the session with some…
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By Imran Ghori. Ensuring that UC Riverside students, faculty, and staff members can access proper equipment and technology has been a key part of the campus’ transition to remote learning and working. Information Technology Solutions, or ITS,…
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