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UC IT Blog
September 9, 2020
All Articlescomputer science, data, Engineering, Justin Yim, Kara Manke, robotics, Salto, UC Berkeley, UCB
By Kara Manke. Topping out at less than a foot, Salto the robot looks like a Star Wars imperial walker in miniature. But don’t be fooled by its size — this little robot has a mighty spring in its step….
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UC IT Blog
September 9, 2020
All ArticlesCarolyn Tuft, David Rusting, Electronic Records Management Day, Events, Kelley Walker, Laurie Sletten, Marlayna Christensen, Pegah K. Parsi, UC Archives, UC Records Management Committee
Register for Electronic Records Management – Now, More Than Ever, a Zoom panel hosted by the UC Records Management Committee to celebrate Electronic Records Day. The hour-long event will take place October 1, 2020 at 10:00 am. Panelists…
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UC IT Blog
September 2, 2020
All Articles3D, Andrew Ansell, b.Print, Chasiri Sherron, Joshua Ott, Matthew Drake, Tony Kim, UC Berkeley, UC Office of the President, UCB, UCOP
By Chasiri Sherron. “We knew that we wanted to focus our efforts on a project that could actually be used to benefit others,” UC Berkeley student Joshua Ott said. He and his teammates Matthew Drake, Tony Kim, and Andrew Ansell…
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September 2, 2020
All ArticlesLeanne Ozaki, Office of Information Technology, OIT, remote learning, Student Equipment Loan Program, UC Irvine, UCI
By Leanne Ozaki. As UCI transitioned to a fully remote learning environment, many students found themselves unable to access essential course materials due to their reliance on on-campus resources. Without personal desktops, laptops, or reliable internet connections, students faced difficulties…
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August 26, 2020
All ArticlesAcademic, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Mark Cianca, Payroll, Personnel, Systemwide, Timekeeping, UC CIO, UCPath
By Mark Cianca. Very quietly, and with little fanfare, the largest business transformation initiative in the University of California’s history concluded at the end of last month. With the deployment in July at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the nine-year UCPath…
Read more about UC’s Got a New Payroll System: What’s Next?
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August 26, 2020
All ArticlesDebra Richardson, Events, Jenn Stringer, Judy Olson, Katie Chappell, Shohreh Bozorgmehri, UC Berkeley, UC Irvine, UC Santa Cruz, UC WIT, UC Women in Tech, UCB, UCI, UCI Women in Tech, UCSC, Van Williams, virtual event, webinar, Women in Technology
Event: Altered Environments, New Opportunities Date: Thursday, September 10, 2020 Time: 4:00 – 5:30 p.m. Register now for the inaugural event of UCI Women in Tech, Altered Environments, New Opportunities. The panel will feature UC IT leaders in a…
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August 19, 2020
All ArticlesAmazon Web Services, AWS, Cloud, EKS, Kubernetes, Stoyan Stoyanov, UC San Diego, UCSD
By Stoyan Stoyanov. No doubt about it…containers are great! Whereas it could take days (or even weeks!) to provision a physical server, containers allow developers to spin up an application server in a matter of minutes. Containers let development teams…
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August 19, 2020
All Articlesconference, EDUCAUASE, EDUCAUSE 2020, EDUCAUSE Annual Conference, Events, register, virtual, webinar
The EDUCAUSE Annual Conference will look a little different in 2020, moving to a fully online format. It will take place October 27-29, 2020. The main conference will be held on an all-new virtual platform that will elevate participant…
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August 12, 2020
All ArticlesAwards, Larry L. Sautter Awards, Sautter Awards, UC Tech, UC Tech 2020, UC Tech Virtual Webinar, UCCSC, UCTech
Ten teams from across the University of California won the 2020 Larry L. Sautter Award for technology innovations that make university operations more effective and efficient and better serve faculty, staff, students and patients. Interim Chief Information Officer Mark Cianca…
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August 12, 2020
All Articlescoronavirus, COVID-19, Katie Chappell, online learning, remote learning, UC Irvine, UCI
By Katie Chappell. Transitioning thousands of courses to a virtual format is no small task, and just as other institutions of higher education around the world, the faculty of UCI faced the enormous task with just a few days to…
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