Dear One IT and Micronet Colleagues,
Recent incidents targeting higher education and research institutions have prompted us to update our Procedures for Blocking Network Access. These changes will allow us to properly block vulnerable systems while remaining flexible to various risk levels.
UC Berkeley professors across four engineering departments have been awarded funding to integrate artificial intelligence into their undergraduate courses. Through a generous gift from the Center for Advancing Women in Technology (CAWIT) and a donor-supported campus initiative, faculty will broaden the exposure of students to AI tools.
In just a few years, AI has gone from a tech novelty to a society-altering force.
Mark your calendars for the 2026 UC Tech Conference, taking place on July 8-10, 2026, on the UC Merced campus.
The University of California is at the forefront of exploring how AI is shaping research, society and technology. UC campuses are exploring AI’s impact on education, privacy, healthcare and innovation, while developing cutting-edge tools that push the boundaries of science and engineering. In this roundup, we’ve gathered eight recent articles that highlight some of the most exciting and thought-provoking AI work happening across the UC system.
Dear One IT Community,
We want to inform you about an important change regarding the Duo Mobile app. Starting Feb. 2, 2026, Duo Mobile app versions earlier than 4.85 will no longer be supported by Duo. This means that users running the older versions may be unable to complete a CalNet two-step after this date.
UC Berkeley tech founders were among those featured at B-School Disrupt 2025, an after-hours event held during the annual TechCrunch Disrupt conference in San Francisco. The gathering brought together MBA alumni from top programs, also including Harvard Business School and INSEAD, who are launching technology startups — each inspired by solving real-world customer challenges through tech innovations.
This year, UC Womxn in Technology showed what true teamwork and resilience look like. Outgoing Chair Charron Andrus reflects on the challenges, accomplishments, and new leaders shaping the next chapter of this inspiring community.
To our campus community,
At approximately midnight on Oct. 20, we began receiving reports of people experiencing issues accessing BearBuy and bCourses. These issues resulted from a global outage with Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud provider used for many campus services. Several commercial services were also impacted, as you may have seen reported in the news.
Dear campus community:
As the fall semester begins, please take a moment to review this annual reminder about UC Berkeley’s commitment to compliance with federal copyright laws.
Dear IT Community,
We want to alert you to a phishing scam that has been observed recently involving Google Calendar. This scam involves fake calendar invites or meetings with misleading subjects that may contain links, attachments, or instructions intended to steal credentials or personal/financial information.
Dear One IT and Micronet Colleagues,
This October, join us in celebrating Cybersecurity Awareness Month (CAM), a time to engage and educate our UC Berkeley community on the importance of and our shared responsibility to cybersecurity.
AI has taken the world by storm. On the scientific front, the ability to mine huge datasets and make informed, actionable predictions has accelerated the pace of innovation.
The University of California hosted its first open source summit this spring—UC Open 2025, led by the UC Open Source Program Office (UC OSPO) at the UC Santa Cruz Silicon Valley Campus. The event gathered developers, researchers, funders, and industry partners to explore how open source can thrive within and beyond the UC system.
Dear Berkeley IT Colleagues,
I’m delighted to share the announcement of our 2024–2025 Berkeley IT Spot Award recipients. These awards honor staff members who have made outstanding contributions to specific projects or tasks, and recognize their achievements and the values and behaviors that define Berkeley IT.
When it comes to producing high-earning graduates with less student debt, the University of California is the best of the best, a new Forbes ranking finds, placing UC campuses in all 3 top spots among public universities in the country.
The 2025 UC Tech Annual Conference, held June 25–27, 2025, brought together staff and faculty technologists from across the University of California system for three days of learning, collaboration and connection.
