What Were the Top 5 Stories for UC IT in 2020?
January 20, 2021 All Articles 0
By Mark Cianca and Yvonne Tevis.
- Well, COVID—and Remote Work and Learning
The most-viewed blog article for 2020 is an open letter
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Back by Popular Demand: UC IT Town Hall with Eugene Whitlock
January 20, 2021 All Articles 0
Join UC Berkeley Chief People & Culture Officer and Assistant Vice Chancellor of Human Resources Eugene Whitlock on Tuesday, February 2. He will continue the conversation from the October 19 town hall about “Cultivating Inclusion and Belonging During a…
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CloudLabs: How UC San Diego Deployed Remote Computer Labs in Record Time
January 13, 2021 All Articles 1
By Valerie E. Polichar. When COVID-19 caused a pivot to remote instruction with little notice, students lost access to on-campus computer labs where they could use licensed software to complete coursework. UC San Diego’s educational technology teams sprang into action….
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UCLA Launches Major Mental Health Study to Discover Insights About Depression
December 16, 2020 All Articles 0
By Bill Kisliuk. While the capability to diagnose cancer and heart problems has advanced by giant steps in recent years, methods to detect depression have stubbornly stayed the same for more than a century: Observe patients, and ask them how…
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COVID Notify System Goes Statewide
December 10, 2020 All Articles 0
By Melinda Battenberg. California Governor Gavin Newsom announced on December 7, 2020, that CA Notify, the COVID exposure notification system championed by UC San Diego Health, will be available statewide on December 10. The system will make available to all California residents an important tool for slowing the spread of COVID-19.
UC Campuses Pilot a Smartphone App that Aims to Limit Spread of COVID-19
December 2, 2020 All Articles 0
By Sandra Baltazar Martinez and Andrea Estrada. After a successful deployment at UC San Diego and UC San Francisco, five more UC campuses are joining California COVID Notify, a pilot program of a smartphone-based COVID-19 exposure notification system.
The program…
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What I’ve Learned About Parenting and Working during COVID
November 18, 2020 All Articles 2
By Katie Chappell. I recently celebrated one year with the University of California – I’ve now worked for UC Irvine remotely and during a pandemic longer than I have on campus in normal circumstances. I am doing this while co-parenting…
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Student Dens: A Remote Student Support System at UC Merced
November 4, 2020 All Articles 0
By Jessica Duffy and Christy Snyder. As the full impact of COVID-19 unfolded over the summer, UC Merced’s academic leadership made the decision to build out capacity to support remote instruction. Of particular concern was the student experience in this…
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UC Santa Cruz Student Corps
October 28, 2020 All Articles 0
By Jim Phillips. In response to the shelter-in-place order that was instituted in California due to the coronavirus pandemic, Jay Olson, divisional liaison for the Humanities Division, Information Technology Services (ITS), brought together a group of UCSC student workers to…
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Taking Care of Business
October 7, 2020 All Articles 1
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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