Eight teams representing all locations across the University of California won the 2019 Larry L. Sautter Award for using information technology to make university operations more effective and efficient, and to better serve faculty, staff, students and patients. Systemwide Chief…
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July 10, 2019 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
By Shohreh Bozorgmehri. This 2018-2019 fiscal year, I was honored to serve as chair of the systemwide Educational Technology Leadership Committee (ETLC). The ETLC is a committee of the Information Technology Leadership Council (ITLC), with direct involvement and support from…
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At the recent Cisco Live event in San Diego, ePlus and Cisco hosted a customer appreciation event exclusively for UC staff. They also gave UC IT Innovation Awards to UC teams who have used Cisco technology in innovative ways. UC…
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July 3, 2019 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
By Stephen Hauskins. High-end computational capabilities and support are rapidly becoming a necessity for UC Santa Cruz faculty, students, researchers, and collaborators. However, access to this type of capability is disproportionately distributed. Hummingbird, a shared computational cluster, is UCSC’s…
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In less than 3 weeks, the largest gathering of IT Professionals across the UC will descend on UC Santa Barbara for UCTech 2019. The beautiful UCSB campus will serve as the perfect backdrop for our UCTech Photo Contest! The best…
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June 25, 2019 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
By Meghan Steele Horan. Imagine a device that could stand up to even the most intense fires so that it could automatically signal others when a firefighter is immobilized on the job. UCLA researchers and colleagues at two other universities…
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By Shadee Ashtari. In March, the Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) awarded the 2018 HIMSS Nicholas E. Davies Award of Excellence to UCLA Health for its progressive use of health care information technology (IT) to improve patient outcomes…
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June 19, 2019 All Articles, Feature Articles 2
By Jacob Poore. A computer lab in a vending machine? That’s what UC Riverside’s Information Technology Solutions (ITS) organization made possible when it implemented self-service laptop checkout kiosks on campus for students. The kiosks are a lot like a vending machine — or video rental kiosk — for campus-owned laptops, and offer three device options, including Dell Latitude, Dell…
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Have you heard? You can now search for jobs through the UC IT Blog! Just click the “Jobs” tab at the top of this page. You will find a featured job posting, as well as a link to jobs at…
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June 12, 2019 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
By Roshni Pratap. A new systemwide agreement is in place for Gradescope, effective April 2, 2019. What is Gradescope? Gradescope is a market leader in the digital grading space designed to make grading more consistent, fair, and efficient. Gradescope…
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