February 19, 2020 All Articles 1
By Jeané Blunt. In recognition of Black History Month, I interviewed Van Williams, the chief information officer (CIO) and vice chancellor of information technology at UC Santa Cruz (UCSC). Williams is a strong proponent of diversity and inclusion initiatives and…
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December 4, 2019 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
UC Merced CIO Ann Kovalchick presented the webinar, “The First Woman Man: Gender Labels and Workplace Expectations,” to an audience of over 200 on November 20. The newly formed UC Women in Tech Committee hosted the webinar and…
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October 16, 2019 All Articles 0
The UC Women in Technology Committee is pleased to announce a webinar with Ann Kovalchick, UC Merced chief information officer. Title: The First Woman Man: Gender labels and workplace expectations Description: A discussion on the real and imagined responsibilities of being…
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February 6, 2019 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
By Ben Nathan. DGIT, the information technology (IT) office for the UCLA health sciences schools, is the technical partner behind the launch of the University of California (UC) Outside Activity Tracking System. Known as OATS, this is a web-based conflict of commitment platform that DGIT created in partnership with teams across UC. …
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October 10, 2018 All Articles 2
Save the date for the UC IT Town Hall – Monday, Nov. 5, 10 – 11 a.m. The Vine. Chief Innovation Officer Gabe Youtsey, Agriculture and Natural Resources, will describe the VINE, an initiative that is connecting innovation clusters…
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By Julia Chen. For the second year in a row, UCSB CIO Matthew Hall conducted a survey of the UC location CIOs, asking them to prioritize issues for IT leadership at the university. The survey presented a number of key…
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September 27, 2017 All Articles, Feature Articles 3
By Ann Kovalchick. There is no shortage of evidence that women in technology face particular challenges and barriers. The Center for Higher Education Chief Information Officers Studies (CHECS) conducts an annual survey of Higher Education CIO Roles and Effectiveness….
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June 15, 2017 All Articles, Spotlights 2
Danna Gianforte started as chief information officer (CIO) at UCR on December 1, 2016, replacing retired CIO Chuck Rowley. Prior to UCR, Gianforte was CIO for Residential and Dining Enterprises at Stanford University, and before that, associate CIO at the…
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February 2, 2017 All Articles, Spotlights 0
By Angela Cummings, Marketing Communications Lead, Information Technology Services, UC San Diego. What attracted you to UC? First and foremost, it was the people I met when I visited campus. The university feels young and energetic, entrepreneurial and agile. Tell…
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Posted by Chuck Rowley, Associate Vice Chancellor, UCR. On March 23, UC’s Vice Chancellors of Research (VCRs) and Chief Information Officers (CIOs) sponsored a cyberinfrastructure visioning conference at UCLA. The goal was to prioritize and recommend a UC cyberinfrastructure plan…
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