By Julie Goldstein. Smartphones and other electronic devices have made it easier to stay in touch and multi-task while traveling. But they can also mean increased cyber risks for keeping your personal and university information private, as well as increased…
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By Lisa Bono. Van Williams started as vice chancellor of information technology at UC Santa Cruz on July 2, 2018, replacing retired VC Mary Doyle and interim VC Brad Smith.
Van has spent much of his professional life on the…
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May 23, 2018 All Articles, Feature Articles 1
By Yvonne Tevis and Alexa Rivetti.
The fifth biannual UC Cyber Security Summit was held in a hay barn.
At UC Santa Cruz, nearly 130 University of California personnel gathered in the lovely restored Cowell Ranch Hay Barn on…
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April 11, 2018 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
Innovations in Networking Awards are presented each year by CENIC to highlight exemplary innovations that leverage ultra-high bandwidth networking. The winning innovations have the potential to transform the ways in which instruction and research are conducted as well as further the deployment of broadband…
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February 21, 2018 All Articles, Announcements/Events 0
Registration for the fifth biannual UC Cyber Security Summit, to take place on April 25, 2018, at UC Santa Cruz is now open!
Join colleagues from throughout the University of California, California State University, and California Community Colleges to discuss…
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December 13, 2017 All Articles, Feature Articles 1
By Alison Spencer. At UC Santa Cruz, students used to wonder if it was worth waiting for the bus. Now, thanks to the Bus Tracking System (BTS) and its mobile application SlugRoute, anyone can see in real time where campus…
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October 11, 2017 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
Do you have servers running under desks on your campus? We did! But UC Santa Cruz has found a way to provide technologists with both the resources of the Data Center, and the flexibility and agility of the cloud through…
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June 8, 2017 All Articles, Spotlights 3
By Alison Spencer, UCB Student Intern, UCOP. Following Tasha Bales’ six years in the Air Force, she took a vocational aptitude test. She was surprised to see the results, which recommended library work as a good fit for her. “I’d…
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April 13, 2017 All Articles, Spotlights 1
By Alison Spencer, UCB Student Intern, UCOP. As a digital media specialist for UC Santa Cruz’s film department, Tristan Carkeet sees himself as working in the space where art meets technology. In addition to teaching students how to use video…
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January 24, 2017 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
By Susan Chesley Perry, Head of Digital Initiatives, University Library, UC Santa Cruz. As Library Collections and services increasingly move online, the lines between traditional library and IT roles are starting to blur. This past summer, during the UC Computing…
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