Spotlights

Spotlight: Calit2’s Tom DeFanti – Exploring Virtual Reality

Posted by Alison Spencer, UCB student intern, UCOP.  Twenty-five years ago, Calit2 research scientist Tom DeFanti (pictured right) dreamed of building 3-D telephone booths. He envisioned using them to talk to multiple people at once and to transport immersive scenes…
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Spotlight: Maria Andrade – From Student to IT Professional at UCSD

Maria Andrade smiles in photo on UCSD campus.

Posted by Karishma Morabia, UCB student intern, UCOP. As a high school junior, Maria Andrade took the Strong Interest Inventory Test and matched with computer engineering. After some research, she became highly motivated to pursue it as a career. Fresh…
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Spotlight: Audrie Ramirez – Information Security Intern Extraordinaire

Posted by Alexa Rivetti, UCB student intern, UCOP.  “I never thought I would learn this much about UC,” said Audrie Ramirez, recent graduate of CSU East Bay, and information security intern at UCOP. “I actually didn’t know that much about…
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Spotlight: LBNL Deputy CIO Adam Stone Makes Policy a Priority

Posted by Alexa Rivetti, UCB student intern, UCOP. For many Berkeleyans, the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) seems like a mysterious place atop the hill, full of top-secret information, virtually inaccessible by car or bus unless you have a special…
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Spotlight: UCD’s Melissa Jost – Passionate about Health Informatics and the Half Ironman

Posted by Karishma Morabia, UCB student intern, UCOP.  After graduating from UC Davis with degrees in political science and history, Melissa Jost joined the Department of Clinical Information Systems at the UC Davis Medical Center as an administrative assistant. She…
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Spotlight: UCSD’s Mojgan Amini – Computer Science is the Wave of the Future

Posted by Karishma Morabia, UCB student intern, UCOP. In high school, Mojgan Amini’s counselor asked her what major she wanted to pursue in college. Amini said maybe art and painting. The counselor responded with silence. Amini then said she liked…
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Spotlight: Alexa Rivetti – UCOP Student Intern in IT Marketing and Communications

Posted by Leah Burns, former IT Communications Coordinator, UCOP. Born and raised in San Diego, Alexa Rivetti never expected to go to UC Berkeley, but as of May 2016 she is a Cal alum. “Graduating has been bittersweet,” she said….
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Spotlight: UCB’s Chris Hoffman – from Archaeology to Informatics

Posted by Karishma Morabia, UCB student intern, UCOP. Chris Hoffman, Informatics Services Manager in Research IT at UC Berkeley, completed his B.A. at Rice University and his Ph. D. at UC Berkeley, both in anthropology. He did his research on…
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