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As an undergraduate mathematics student 14 years ago, Jacob Steinhardt(link is external) began to consider a future where artificial intelligence would automate most cognitive work, which he thought could have an even bigger impact than the Industrial Revolution. 

Dear Berkeley Community,

Effective April 8, all employees whose annual Cyber Security Awareness training is overdue will encounter an interruptive screen during campus system login, displaying a notification of their past-due status. You will not see this screen if your training is up to date.

To our One IT community,

Due to the planned strike for UPTE on April 1, IT Client Services (ITCS) anticipates reduced staffing levels, impacting our ability to provide technical support to faculty and staff. Our ITCS team consists of primarily represented staff under the UPTE Technical Unit - TX. Please expect delays from the IT Service Desk, procurement, provisioning, and desktop support. We will prioritize urgent issues and respond as quickly as possible, but service levels will be impacted as follows: 

McKalee Steen(link is external) traces her career in data science to her family's efforts toward environmental justice when the creek running through their farm in northeastern Oklahoma had been polluted by a chicken processing plant and was contaminating their well water. Her community fought to hold the company accountable, and a neighbor who was a scientist helped collect water samples, generating data that led to a legal settlement.

One IT colleagues,

The bConnected team is announcing a significant update to the management of alumni @berkeley.edu(link is external) email accounts. Aiming to simplify the process for alumni to maintain their accounts, a new activity requirement will replace the previous renewal system, effective April 15, 2025.

When Gašper Beguš(link is external) began studying linguistics, he spent his time deciphering ancient, largely dead languages. “Nobody cared about linguistics,” he says in this episode of 101 in 101(link is external), a series from UC Berkeley that challenges professors and other experts to distill the basics of their field of study into only 101 seconds. 

We’ve made some changes to our network security setup, which will affect how you experience logging into the campus bSecure VPN.

Why the Change?

• Better security - This new method allows you to use your preferred browser, so outdated browsers like Internet Explorer (which is no longer supported and receiving security patches) won’t be used. 

• Remembers your CalNet cookie - This new method lets your system remember your login session and helps smooth the transition to CalNet Authenticate.

Information on systems impacted updated on 3/25/25. Wi-Fi for authenticated users (eduroam, Berkeley-IOT, Berkeley-Visitor) should not be impacted

To our campus community,

Watch: UC WIT Fall Fireside Chat with Rachael Nava

In November, Associate Chief Information Security Officer, and UC Womxn in Technology (UC WIT) Chair, Charron Andrus, associate chief information security officer, UC Berkeley, sat down for a Fall fireside chat with University of California Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Rachael Nava.

We're excited to announce that we are now accepting session proposals for the 2025 UC Tech Annual Conference! From success stories to lessons learned, diverse perspectives to shared experiences, we want you to be the voice at this event!

To our One IT community,

Due to the planned strike for UPTE on Feb. 26-28, IT Client Services (ITCS) anticipates reduced staffing levels, impacting our ability to provide technical support to faculty and staff. Our ITCS team consists of primarily represented staff under the UPTE Technical Unit - TX. Expect delays from the IT Service Desk, procurement, provisioning, and desktop support. We will prioritize urgent issues and respond as quickly as possible, but service levels will be impacted as follows: 

Dear One IT Community,

It’s been a pleasure working with you all over the past two years on developing our student employment and leadership development opportunities. Together we’ve fostered greater engagement with our IT student workforce, facilitated supportive pathways into IT, increased the visibility and recognition of our student teams, and created more support structures for supervisors of students.

In our final report, you will find: 

• Summary of the program’s impact.

Referencing the higher education treatise by Clark Kerr – “The Uses of the University(link is external)” – Gerald Chan proposed several modern-day updates to the 1963 classic during a recent lecture at UC Berkeley.