October 23, 2019 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
By John A. Lynch. In Fall 2017, UCLA Humanities Technology was faced with needing to undertake a major PHP version upgrade of a locally hosted, custom application that provides web-based 24/7 scheduling for thousands of appointments annually for the…
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October 16, 2019 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
By Douglas Bonilla. What Does Cybersecurity Mean to You? That’s the question UC San Diego’s Office of Information Assurance is asking the campus community. This outreach campaign is known as Cybersecurity in Six Words, and was inspired by
October 9, 2019 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
By Jeané Blunt. The University of California is one of the leading academic research enterprises in the world. Almost all of the industries in which California is a world leader – biotechnology, telecommunications, digital media, computers and semiconductors, and environmental…
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October 2, 2019 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
By Marissa Ventura. Think of it: Every time a physician, nurse, or other clinician sees patients and intervenes, the data collected are turned into opportunities to improve care for all patients, now and in the future. That’s the “Learning Health (Record) System” – both a key theme and the title of the keynote address at the 2019 UC Health Data Day. The Institute…
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September 25, 2019 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
By Judy Thai. In November 2018, over 217,000 high school and transfer students submitted undergraduate applications to the University of California. 75,000 of them submitted their applications on the last day — and 11,000 in the last hour. That’s a…
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September 18, 2019 All Articles, Feature Articles 1
By Andrey Nikolayev. Are you looking for a communication tool to increase collaboration? Or are you already a member of several Slack teams but unsure which one to use for your work? Slack is a messaging application for real-time conversations,…
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September 11, 2019 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
By Amy Akmal. The 1994 Northridge earthquake was one of the costliest natural disasters in U.S. history. Fifty-seven people died, more than 8,700 were injured, and property damages amounted to billions of dollars. In the 25 years since the 6.7…
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September 4, 2019 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
By Denise Dolezal. As news sinks in that the European Union’s (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) applies to UC, it might cause some consternation across the university. But what if there is a bright side to the extraterritorial…
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August 28, 2019 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
By Tanya Jansen, Traci Farrell, and Vanessa Palacios. Do you approach change by hitting your users over the head with the same communications strategy? Or do you hit the nail on the head with targeted communication and outreach efforts? Let’s…
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August 21, 2019 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
By Sonia Fernandez, Engineering and Public Affairs Writer, UC Santa Barbara. When you think of robots, it’s likely the image that pops into your head is one of a rigid, perhaps humanoid metallic machine with electro-mechanical actuators and calculated movements. Which…
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