To our campus community,
We are pleased to announce that the Mac Berkeley Desktop environment has been successfully upgraded to macOS Ventura.
New and improved Self Service Offer to upgrade your Mac to Ventura is now available in the Self Service portal. You can find Self Service Offers by going to “/Applications/Self Service.app” on a Mac Berkeley Desktop device.
Academia has a diversity problem, especially in STEM. There is a dearth of scientists who identify as Black, Hispanic or who are members of marginalized communities in STEM-related faculty roles at colleges and universities, studies show
Dear UC Colleagues,
Planning is well underway for UC Tech 2023: Resilient, Rising & Reinspired, happening July 17-19 on the UC Berkeley campus. We are excited to announce that proposals for session presentations are now being accepted!
The University of California User Experience (UCUX) Usability Workshop is an annual event held for members of the UC community from its respective locations. It focuses on user experience (UX) research and design, which help make digital services easier to use.
To our campus community,
We are pleased to announce the launch of new wireless networks that will be available this spring semester: Berkeley-IoT (Internet of Things) and Berkeley-Visitor. Both of these new Wi-Fi options will help make our community user experience more secure and reliable as well as provide new features. Berkeley-IoT and Berkeley-Visitor will not disrupt your current Wi-Fi experience; eduroam and CalVisitor will continue to be available.
To our campus community,
Apple released updates to their software yesterday that resolve the issues that have been impacting Wi-Fi connectivity on their devices. Our network team has worked to confirm the updates rectified the problems that have been reported.
Updated Dec. 13, 2022: Apple has informed Berkeley IT that the software updates that were needed to rectify the issues their devices were having with Wi-Fi have been released and that this should resolve the previous connectivity problems. Our network team is working to confirm this information. If you use Apple devices (e.g.
By Andrea McColl and Esther Silver. To the uninformed, it might seem that the goals of digital accessibility and cybersecurity would be rivals. After all, isn’t accessibility about making it easier for people to come in, and cybersecurity about keeping people (or at least bad actors) out?
Dear One IT Colleagues,
Tomorrow, Nov. 29th, is “Giving Tuesday.” Giving Tuesday is a global movement focused on community and doing something good for others, such as volunteering, donating to charity, or lifting each other’s spirits during a time of year that is more difficult for some.
Tesla founder Elon Musk took over Twitter last month and installed himself as its chief executive officer. Then he laid off half the social media platform’s workforce.
Advances in brain-computer interfaces may soon make communication easier for those who have lost the ability to speak.
The EDUCAUSE 2022 Top 10 IT Issues take an optimistic view of how technology can help make the higher education we deserve—through a shared transformational vision and strategy for the institution, a recognition of the need to place students' success at the center, and a sustainable business model that has redefined "the campus."
Dear Colleagues,
Mark your calendars for UC Tech 2023 which will be held July 17-19. UC Berkeley is honored to be co-hosting next year’s conference with UC San Francisco. This will be a hybrid event, with sessions available both in-person on the Berkeley campus and online.
