December 13, 2017 All Articles, Feature Articles 1
By Alison Spencer. At UC Santa Cruz, students used to wonder if it was worth waiting for the bus. Now, thanks to the Bus Tracking System (BTS) and its mobile application SlugRoute, anyone can see in real time where campus…
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October 11, 2017 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
Do you have servers running under desks on your campus? We did! But UC Santa Cruz has found a way to provide technologists with both the resources of the Data Center, and the flexibility and agility of the cloud through…
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June 8, 2017 All Articles, Spotlights 3
By Alison Spencer, UCB Student Intern, UCOP. Following Tasha Bales’ six years in the Air Force, she took a vocational aptitude test. She was surprised to see the results, which recommended library work as a good fit for her. “I’d…
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April 13, 2017 All Articles, Spotlights 1
By Alison Spencer, UCB Student Intern, UCOP. As a digital media specialist for UC Santa Cruz’s film department, Tristan Carkeet sees himself as working in the space where art meets technology. In addition to teaching students how to use video…
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January 24, 2017 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
By Susan Chesley Perry, Head of Digital Initiatives, University Library, UC Santa Cruz. As Library Collections and services increasingly move online, the lines between traditional library and IT roles are starting to blur. This past summer, during the UC Computing…
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September 13, 2016 All Articles, Feature Articles 1
Posted by Alexa Rivetti, UCB student intern, UCOP. UC Santa Cruz served as the perfect location for the 2016 University of California Computing Services Conference (UCCSC), which took place this past July at Porter College. The theme for the conference…
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July 12, 2016 All Articles, Announcements/Events 1
Ten teams across the University of California won the 2016 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 Information Officer…
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June 16, 2016 All Articles, Spotlights 3
Posted by Leah Burns, IT Communications Coordinator, UCOP. Scott Simmons has a natural curiosity, a passion for his job, and is committed to the University. Celebrating ten years at UCSC as of May 2016, he’s an IT programmer analyst working…
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May 19, 2016 All Articles, Spotlights 1
Posted by Lisa Bono, IT Communications Manager, UCSC. Two long-time attendees of the UC Computing Services Conference (UCCSC) from UC Santa Cruz talk about how attending the conference throughout the years has shaped their work lives. They also give great…
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Posted by Ravi Jain, Managing Director, UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute. The UCSC Genomics Institute aims to revolutionize medicine and transform our understanding of life itself. We imagine a future in which genomic data is the cornerstone for fighting…
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