July 25, 2017 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
By Alison Spencer, UCB Student Intern, UCOP. In 1993, Jason Lorgan’s boss told him digital textbooks were three years away. “Of course, years passed before we had them,” said Lorgan, now the director of stores for the University of California,…
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July 18, 2017 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
By Alexa Rivetti, IT Communications Coordinator, UCOP. Thirty-five leaders from campuses and medical centers joined the UC IT Leadership Academy at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business to discuss some of the most important issues facing them today. A common…
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July 13, 2017 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
By Elaine Howell, Communications Specialist, IT Services, Digital Content Services, UCLA. IT Services is making it easier for UCLA to communicate and stay safe during emergencies. Last June, after a fatal shooting on campus, UCLA Chancellor Gene Block asked…
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July 11, 2017 All Articles, Announcements/Events 0
You don’t need to be a programmer, you just have to be willing to collaborate with others. The hackathon is run by UCANR as part of their effort to increase innovation and entrepreneurship in food and agriculture. The 2017…
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July 6, 2017 All Articles, Feature Articles 1
By Alison Spencer, UCB Student Intern, UCOP. Could the next Shakespeare be a clever computer? Probably not, admits Andrea Gagliano, a second-year graduate student in UC Berkeley’s School of Information. Along with teammate Emily Paul and professor Marti Hearst, she…
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June 29, 2017 All Articles, Feature Articles 2
By Arnav Choudhury, Biomedical Engineering Student – Senior, UC San Diego. Most of us have found ourselves speaking to tens of people at a time and wondering, “Am I going too fast or too slow? Are they getting me?” Now…
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June 27, 2017 All Articles, Feature Articles 2
By Christa Chen, HR IT Projects Supervisor, Office of Information Technology, UC Irvine. In a tale of shared services done right, UC Hastings College of the Law is the latest to adopt UC Irvine’s Time Reporting System (TRS). The project…
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June 22, 2017 All Articles, Announcements/Events 0
By Alexa Rivetti, IT Communications Coordinator, UC Office of the President. There are a ton of reasons why one should register for the upcoming UC Computing Services Conference. However, here are a few of my favorites: It’s fun! Tucked…
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June 20, 2017 All Articles, Announcements/Events 2
Date: Wednesday, June 28, 2017 Time: Noon – 1:00pm Description: Communications can make or break your IT project. When UC Irvine undertook a potentially contentious pilot of a new campus-wide LMS, our comprehensive communication strategy led to solid participation and…
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June 15, 2017 All Articles, Spotlights 2
Danna Gianforte started as chief information officer (CIO) at UCR on December 1, 2016, replacing retired CIO Chuck Rowley. Prior to UCR, Gianforte was CIO for Residential and Dining Enterprises at Stanford University, and before that, associate CIO at the…
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