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August 14, 2019
All Articles, Feature ArticlesEvents, Leadership Academy, Sarkis Daglian, UC Irvine, UC IT Leadership Academy, UCI
By Sarkis Daglian. In April 2019, UC Irvine Interim Chief Information Officer Kian Colestock and I launched the inaugural Office of Information Technology (OIT) Leadership Academy. The program is a collaboration with UCI’s Paul Merage School of Business. It is…
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UC IT Blog
August 14, 2019
All ArticlesCyber Security Summit, Cybersecurity, Events, UC Cyber Security Summit, UC Santa Barbara, UCSB
We are only two months away from the 8th biannual Cyber Security Summit at UC Santa Barbara. On October 23, five industry leaders will present at the summit: Richard Sparrow of Penn State, Kelly Thiele of DHS, Giovanni Vigna…
Read more about Register for the Cyber Security Summit, Oct. 23, at UCSB
UC IT Blog
August 7, 2019
All Articles, Feature ArticlesCybersecurity, Information Security, John Virden, UC Riverside, UCR
By John Virden. The University of California has a new systemwide electronic information security policy, often referred to as IS-3. It was signed into action by President Janet Napolitano, September 7, 2018, and is the culmination of many years…
Read more about UCR’s Electronic Information Security Policy Rollout Plan
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August 7, 2019
All ArticlesEvents, Jeané Blunt, UC IT, UCCSC, UCTech, UCTech 2019, UCTech Conference
By Jeané Blunt. With 732 attendees, UCTech 2019 at UC Santa Barbara was the largest ever in the history of the conference! The largest group of attendees – 130 – came from UC Santa Barbara itself. UC Davis came in second…
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UC IT Blog
July 31, 2019
All Articles, Feature ArticlesAnn Kovalchick, Annelie Rugg, Camille Crittenden, Chasiri Sherron, diversity, Events, Meggan Levitt, Michele Haynes, Palmer Gibbs, UC Santa Barbara, UCTech 2019, Van Williams, Women in IT
By Chasiri Sherron. “Change happens by incorporating diverse perspectives,” said Ann Kovalchick, UC Merced chief information officer (CIO), when introducing the 2019 UCTech Conference Diversity/WIT Panel, “Reframing Technical Difficulties – Expertise, Inclusivity, and How Work Gets Done in IT.”…
Read more about The 2019 Diversity/Women in IT Panel: Who Belongs in Tech?
UC IT Blog
July 31, 2019
All ArticlesJulia Lupton, Shakespeare Center, UC Irvine, UCI
What happens when Shakespeare meets the digital age? A selfie soliloquy, for one. A new online course taught by Julia Lupton, professor of English and co-director of the Shakespeare Center at the University of California, Irvine, is the first of its…
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UC IT Blog
July 24, 2019
All Articles, Feature ArticlesMeagan Torres, Michael Wegmann, Procurement, strategic sourcing, Systemwide, Thomas Trappler, UCOP, Yvonne Tevis
By Yvonne Tevis. About one year ago, UC struck amazing deals with IT infrastructure companies – deals that likely will save the university up to $16M a year for five years. It’s true, UC Procurement rocks negotiation. But UC also…
Read more about Backstage: How UC Got the IT Infrastructure Deals
UC IT Blog
July 24, 2019
All ArticlesCITRIS, cyberinfrastructure, Events, Information Security, workshop
Join researchers, computer scientists, and data scientists at Securing Research Data: A Workshop on Emerging Practices in Computation and Storage for Sensitive Data, August 22, 9am–3pm. This one-day workshop will convene researchers from a variety of disciplines, including biology and…
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July 17, 2019
All Articles, Feature ArticlesDr. Amy Sitapati, Events, Marissa J. Ventura, UC Health, UC San Diego, UC San Diego Health, UCSD
By Marissa J. Ventura. UC San Diego Health recently hosted its second annual Population Health Boot Camp. This one-day event gives participants the opportunity to gain in-depth knowledge of population-health tools, including registries, data integration, and strategy. It also allows…
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UC IT Blog
July 17, 2019
All ArticlesLarry L. Sautter Awards, UC Information Technology Leadership Council, UC IT, UCCSC, UCTech, UCTech 2019, UCTech Conference
Eight teams representing all locations across the University of California won the 2019 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…
Read more about 2019 Sautter Awards Announced!