Tag Archive: UC Santa Cruz
UC Tech News
April 6, 2022
All ArticlesEvents, security, social media, UC Santa Cruz, UCSC
Take control of your security and privacy on social media! Learn tips and tricks to locking down your social media accounts by attending this free workshop with Diana Freed, researcher and PhD candidate at Cornell University; Julio Poveda, PhD student…
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UC Tech News
March 9, 2022
All ArticlesAl Covington, Associate CISO, Black History Month, Charron Andrus, diversity, Dr. Carmen Robinson, equity, inclusion, Information Technology, UC Berkeley, UC CIO, UC Santa Cruz, UC Tech Assembly, UCB, UCOP, UCSC, Van Williams
Watch the UC Tech Assembly: Black Leaders Panel, which took place on Monday, February 28. The discussion featured Black members of our UC Tech community from various levels of leadership. Topics ranged from personal stories to allyship advice, to…
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UC Tech News
February 2, 2022
All ArticlesAl Covington, and inclusion, Associate CISO, Black History Month, Carmen Robinson, Charron Andrus, DEI, diversity, equity, Events, UC Berkeley, UC CIO, UC Santa Cruz, UCB, UCSC, Van Williams
Register for the UC Tech Assembly: Black Leaders Panel: Monday, February 28 11:00 a.m. – noon Register now This panel launches UC Tech Assembly series, which is expanding the former town hall series to better amplify the voices of…
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UC Tech News
December 8, 2021
All ArticlesAllison Arteaga Soergel, Nicolas Davidenko, research study, Time, Timing & Time Perception, UC Santa Cruz, UCSC, University of California News, Virtual Reality
By Allison Arteaga Soergel. Grayson Mullen was playing a virtual reality game at a friend’s house when, suddenly, he noticed that something very strange was happening. “I stopped playing the game, and I realized that I had no idea how…
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UC Tech News
December 1, 2021
All ArticlesBrian Hall, Cecelia Carillo, Chief Information Security Officer, CISO, DEI, digital equity, diversity equity and inclusion, equity, Jacob Martinez, Protecting Your Digital Self, UC Santa Cruz, UC Systemwide Cyber Champions, UCSC
Register for the UCSC Digital Equity Webinar, happening December 2, at noon. This virtual event is a panel discussion with Jacob Martinez, UCSC Alumnus and Founder and Executive Director of Digital NEST, Brian Hall, UCSC Chief Information Security Officer, and…
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UC Tech News
September 29, 2021
All ArticlesChief Information Officer, systemwide. VP, UC CIO, UC Santa Cruz, UCSC, Van Williams, vice president
By Van Williams. Hello to the UC Tech community! I am thrilled to be the University of California’s new Vice President for Information Technology Services. I am intensely passionate about the roles that both technology and higher education play in…
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UC Tech News
September 8, 2021
All Articleschief experience officer, CXO, experience design, Information Technology, Jim Phillips, Phyllis Treige, UC Santa Cruz, UCSC, UCTech Slack, ux
By Jim Phillips. UC Santa Cruz recently hired its first chief experience officer (CXO) in the IT department—Phyllis Treige. This new role is a key component of Vice Chancellor of Information Technology Van Williams’s vision for digital transformation. While the…
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UC Tech News
April 7, 2021
All Articlescommencement, COVID-19, Dani Barker, Events, graduation, UC Santa Cruz, UCSC, virtual event
By Jeané Blunt. Last April, most of us were adjusting to the stay-at-home order, trying to set up a workspace in our home, or watching COVID-19 news 24/7. Dani Barker and her team were doing the same. The only difference…
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UC Tech News
March 17, 2021
All Articlesdiversity, diversity and inclusion, Engineering, Events, speaker series, STEM, technology, UC Santa Cruz, UCSC, virtual, webinar, Zoom
Diverse Voices, a Baskin School of Engineering professional speaker series spotlighting industry leaders and Baskin Engineering alumni, returns in April 2021 for its third season. The Diverse Voices series aims to promote diversity in engineering and tech and inspire more…
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UC Tech News
March 3, 2021
All Articlescoronavirus, COVID-19, Sean Young, social media, UC Institute for Prediction Technology, UC Irvine, UC Los Angeles, UC President's Research Catalyst Award, UC Riverside, UC San Diego, UC Santa Cruz, UCI, UCLA, UCR, UCSC, UCSD
By Jeané Blunt. Using technology to predict the future sounds like something straight out of a movie, possibly starring Tom Cruise. In reality, the University of California Institute for Prediction Technology (UCIPT) is a multi-disciplinary, multi-campus organization that leverages…
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