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Meet the Speakers – 2026 UC Cybersecurity Summit 

UC Cybersecurity Summit 2026: Resilient Together - Introducing the Speakers with the images of the speakers in small circular frames

As technology becomes more deeply embedded in our lives, the risks are evolving with it. AI is changing how attackers operate; our reliance on digital tools is creating new vulnerabilities, and increasingly sophisticated scams are raising the stakes for organizations…
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UC Tech Projects: Meet the 2026 UCOP Interns 

This summer, UC Investments and the UCOP Digital Innovation and Technology (DigIT) team welcomed a standout class of interns who worked across teams, building tools designed to last long after the summer ends. Private equity dashboards, AI-powered HR assistants, custom…
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Assessing Vendor Compliance at a Glance 

Accessibility Matters: Vendor Compliance with an image of Brian McNeilly, Web Accessibility Specialist

By Brian McNeilly, Web Accessibility Specialist   With the updates to the policy around digital accessibility, there is a renewed interest in digital accessibility throughout the university. While, understandably, the majority of attention is focused on documents and services the university provides directly, the…
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UC Office of the President UC SHAPE Team – Yvonne Tevis UC Collaboration Gold Winner at the 2026 UC Tech Awards 

The UC SHAPE Team, recipient of the Gold Yvonne Tevis UC Collaboration Award at the 2026 UC Tech Awards.

UC Tech News is excited to share the stories of the people and projects behind the winners of the 2026 UC Tech Awards.  Team Name: UC SHAPE (Sexual Violence and Harassment Prevention & Education) Team Award Category: Yvonne Tevis UC Collaboration Location: UCOP  Team…
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AI Is a Team Sport: How a Community-Built GPT Is Improving Accessibility at UC

UC Brand & WCAG 2.1 Accessibility Reviewer

By Renea Davis-Leathers, Communications, Technology, and Training Specialist, Systemwide Procurement  Accessibility remediation is usually slow, manual work. A collaboration between the systemwide AI Community of Practice, UCOP Systemwide Procurement, and UC Irvine found a faster path: configure an AI tool to review…
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From Insight to Impact: How Two UC Staff Members are Using AI to Support Complex Work AI Power Users

UC Tech Projects: Practical AI in Action with a photo of Adrian Mohuczy-Dominiak and Lucy Chang

Across the University of California, staff are finding practical and responsible ways to use AI to support complex work. For two AI users—Lucy Chang at UC Investments and Adrian Mohuczy‑Dominiak in systemwide cybersecurity—AI has become a tool that creates space…
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Meet Tech Leader Shohreh Bozorgmehri

UC Tech News is excited to launch the UC Tech Leaders Q&A Series in 2026—a series designed to spotlight the voices shaping technology across UC.    What is Your Name?   Shohreh Bozorgmehri    What is Your Title? UC Location?    I am currently transitioning from my…
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Getting to Know Tech Leader April Sather

text: UC Tech Leader April Sather with a photo of April Sather

UC Tech News is excited to launch the UC Tech Leaders Q&A Series in 2026—a series designed to spotlight the voices shaping technology across UC.  April Sather has recently been recognized as one of the Female…
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From 60 Minutes to 5 Minutes

Tech Project Series: UCOP IT Client Services Tech Project with an image of hands on a computer

Almost 70% of UC Tech News survey respondents said that learning more about tech projects being implemented across UC is important to them. In response, we’ve launched the UC Tech Project Series. This story is part of that series. When someone starts a…
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