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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."

Jeané Blunt, IT Communications Specialist

To our One IT community,

We have all heard — and some of us have experienced — how having a mentor to offer guidance can make a huge difference in any given career path. But identifying as a woman, and having a great woman as that mentor can be a total game changer.

One IT colleagues,

For the first time, the world’s largest Agricultural Robotics (Ag Robotics) conference, The World Agricultural Robotics Conference (aka “FIRA,” as it is called in Europe) will take place in Fresno, CA, Oct 18-20 under the name The California Agricultural & Robotics Technology Forum. Those in technology will have the opportunity to learn more about how robotics is revolutionizing the Agricultural Sector.

Events for the UC Tech community help introduce new skills, resources, perspectives and people. Mark your calendar with these upcoming events, and send events to share with others: Contact us

UPCOMING EVENTS

The Data Governance Committee, the most recent group chartered by the IT Strategy Committee to bring stakeholder governance to IT domains across the campus, held its inaugural meeting Thursday morning, September 22.

Imagine a technology that could remove planet-warming emissions from smokestacks, turn moisture in the air into drinking water and transform carbon dioxide into clean energy.

A new UC Berkeley institute will bring together top machine learning and chemistry researchers to make this vision a reality, and a Bay Area foundation is providing a substantial gift to launch and enable this work at UC Berkeley over the next five years.

Colleagues,

We are writing to inform you of a brief Zoom outage this morning. The service was down for a short period between 7:35 - 8:35 a.m. this morning but the issue has now been resolved by the vendor. 

Some reminders if you get inquiries:

To our campus community,

Our continuous monitoring of the network user experience this week shows the Wi-Fi issues that campus experienced during the start of the semester have been resolved.  

We recognize that these issues have significantly impacted instruction and learning, and we apologize.

Colleagues,