Tag Archive: UCSC
UC IT Blogger
April 7, 2021
All Articlescommencement, COVID-19, Dani Barker, Events, graduation, UC Santa Cruz, UCSC, virtual event
By Jeané Blunt. Last April, most of us were adjusting to the stay-at-home order, trying to set up a workspace in our home, or watching COVID-19 news 24/7. Dani Barker and her team were doing the same. The only difference…
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UC IT Blogger
March 17, 2021
All Articlesdiversity, diversity and inclusion, Engineering, Events, speaker series, STEM, technology, UC Santa Cruz, UCSC, virtual, webinar, Zoom
Diverse Voices, a Baskin School of Engineering professional speaker series spotlighting industry leaders and Baskin Engineering alumni, returns in April 2021 for its third season. The Diverse Voices series aims to promote diversity in engineering and tech and inspire more…
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March 3, 2021
All Articlescoronavirus, COVID-19, Sean Young, social media, UC Institute for Prediction Technology, UC Irvine, UC Los Angeles, UC President's Research Catalyst Award, UC Riverside, UC San Diego, UC Santa Cruz, UCI, UCLA, UCR, UCSC, UCSD
By Jeané Blunt. Using technology to predict the future sounds like something straight out of a movie, possibly starring Tom Cruise. In reality, the University of California Institute for Prediction Technology (UCIPT) is a multi-disciplinary, multi-campus organization that leverages…
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UC IT Blogger
November 12, 2020
All ArticlesAI, Artificial Intelligence, Jeffrey Flannigan, Marilyn Walker, National Science Foundation, NSF, UC Santa Cruz, UCSC
By Tim Stephens. Computer scientists in the Baskin School of Engineering at UC Santa Cruz are partners in a new institute to explore the role that artificial intelligence (AI) may play in the future of education and workforce development.
Funded…
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UC IT Blogger
October 28, 2020
All Articlescoronavirus, COVID-19, Information Technology Services, ITS, Jay Olson, Jim Phillips, pandemic, Student Corps, UC Santa Cruz, UCSC
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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UC IT Blogger
October 7, 2020
All ArticlesCommunity, COVID-19, Dan White, GetVirtual, Interns, online, pandemic, Students, UC Santa Cruz, UCSC, virtual
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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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…
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UC IT Blogger
June 24, 2020
All Articlescoronavirus, COVID-19, Department of Physics, Jason Nielson, Physics, TA, Teaching Assistant, UC Santa Cruz, UCSC
By Jason Nielsen. One of the common experiences for science and engineering students at UC Santa Cruz is the intro physics lab course. In a typical quarter, around 800 students take these courses to explore topics ranging from mechanical waves…
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May 27, 2020
All ArticlesCruzHacks, CruzHacks 2020, CSU Monterey Bay, Hackathon, Information Technology Services, ITS, Jim Phillips, makerspace, UC Santa Cruz, UCSC
By Jim Phillips. Stevenson College at UC Santa Cruz overlooks the Monterey Bay, offering one of the most impressive views our campus has to offer (and that is saying a lot). Each year, on the three-day Martin Luther King day weekend,…
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April 1, 2020
All ArticlesCOVID-19, Gaming, Jackie DiOrio, Jeané Blunt, Lisa Bono, remote working, Tanya Jansen, UC Office of the President, UC San Francisco, UC Santa Cruz, UCOP, UCSC, UCSF, work from home
By Jeané Blunt. The first few days of working from home were great. I got to wear my flannel pajama pants, snuggle with my dog on my lunch break, and ditch the morning commute.
Well, now I’m a few weeks into…
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