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UCLA Health App Becomes a Global Business

UC IT Blogger October 14, 2020 All ArticlesDEAR Health, DEARhealth, Epic, UC Los Angeles, UC Office of the President, UCLA, UCLA Health, UCOP, Yvonne Tevis 0

By Yvonne Tevis. Five years ago, this publication told you about DEARhealth, a health care platform from UCLA that grew into a business.

A lot has happened in the past five years: The digital health company, founded by Drs….
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WITI@UC Athena Awards is Accepting Nominations

UC IT Blogger October 14, 2020 All ArticlesWITI@UC Athena Awards, Women in Tech Initiative at UC, Women in Tech Symposium, Women in Technology Initiative 0

Submit your nominations for the WITI@UC Athena Awards by November 6. These awards recognize leaders who embody, encourage, and promote the inclusion of women in technology. Nominees should be leaders who inspire others to pursue technical careers through outstanding…
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It’s Cyber-Spooky Season

UC IT Blogger October 7, 2020 All ArticlesCybersecurity, cybersecurity awareness month, Halloween, IoT, Jeané Blunt, National Cyber Security Awareness Month, National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, NCSAM, UC Office of the President, UCOP 0

Halloween & National Cybersecurity Awareness Month

By Jeané Blunt. October means it’s time for fall leaves, Halloween, and National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM). To the average person, one of those doesn’t belong. But those of us who’ve whispered about wanting a certain pair of shoes –…
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Taking Care of Business

UC IT Blogger October 7, 2020 All ArticlesCommunity, COVID-19, Dan White, GetVirtual, Interns, online, pandemic, Students, UC Santa Cruz, UCSC, virtual 0

The GetVirtual team, working on their latest action plan during a recent Zoom meeting. The team, from left to right, includes Toby Corey, Nada Miljkovic, Yuliya Monastyrska, Nikhila Cherukuthota, Anagha Vijay, Smeet Mehta, Arin Spanner, Aaron Huang, Ananya Misra, Stryker Buffington, and Gideon Fox

By Dan White. An estimated 7.5 million small businesses in the United States face extinction because of the COVID-19 crisis that has forced them to shutter their operations. Many have minimal websites and e-commerce capabilities, or none at all, making…
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UCSD and UCSF Pilot Smartphone Technology to Help Limit Spread of COVID-19

UC IT Blogger September 30, 2020 All Articlescoronavirus, COVID-19, Dr. Christopher Longhurst, GAEN, Google/Apple Exposure Notifiation, smartphone technology, UC San Diego Health, UC San Francisco Health, UCSD Health, UCSF Health 0

Two University of California campuses are piloting the use of a smartphone technology to notify users if they have had a high-risk COVID-19 exposure that may result in infection. Importantly, privacy and security are central to the design of the…
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Celebrate NCSAM 2020 with UC

UC IT Blogger September 30, 2020 All ArticlesCecelia Finney, CyberAware, Cybersecurity, Jeané Blunt, National Cyber Security Awareness Month, NCSAM, Systemwide, UC Cyber Security Summit, UC Office of the President, UCOP 0

By Jeané Blunt. October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM) and it is almost here. If you’ve participated in the past, then you’re used to the guest speakers, tips and tricks on how to stay safe online, and…
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New Grant More than Doubles Campus Supercomputing Power

UC IT Blogger September 23, 2020 All Articlescomputing, Cyber Infrastructure and Research Computing, National Science Foundation, NSF, Office of Information Technology, Pinnacles, Supercomputer, supercomputing, UC Merced 0

A keyboard with one letter saying "supercomputer"

By Lorena Anderson. UC Merced is rapidly gaining a strong reputation for research and scientific computing across many disciplines and a major expansion of its computing infrastructure is about to cement the campus’ status as a research computing hub.

Save the Date: Oct. 19 UC IT Town Hall

UC IT Blogger September 23, 2020 All Articlesdiversity, diversity & inclusion, Eugene Whitlock, human resources, inclusion, Save the date, Town Hall, UC Berkeley, UC IT Town Hall 0

Eugene Whitlock, UC Berkeley chief people and culture officer, and assistant vice chancellor for Human Resources

Save the date for the next UC IT Town Hall on October 19, 2:30 – 3:30. The featured speaker is Eugene Whitlock, UC Berkeley chief people and culture officer, and assistant vice chancellor for Human Resources. He will talk…
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A Fight to Map Change: The UCSF Health Atlas Reveals Social Inequities

UC IT Blogger September 16, 2020 All Articlescommunity health, coronavirus, COVID-19, Dr. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, Ghanya Thomas, Health Atlas, health disparities, race, UC Office of the President, UC San Francisco, UCOP, UCSF 0

A map from the UCSF Health Atlas depicting 40.1% food insecurity in a West Oakland, CA neighborhood. California’s average food insecurity is 12.7%.

By Ghanya C. Thomas. Medical doctor Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo recalls a conversation with a patient who had heart failure: “I’m always emphasizing to my patients the importance of eating fruits and vegetables and this one time during our visit the patient…
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