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News and events archive
Spring 2018-present
March 2020
January 2017
April 2016
December 2015
- UIT staff invited to revisit 4 strategic goals
- UIT student employees kick off careers in IT
- Photos: 2015 UIT Holiday Party
- UIT Town Hall Meeting roundup
- ITP Board welcomes new member, CHPC's Steve Harper
November 2015
- Campus backbone cutover project over halfway complete
- UC student employee adds new meaning to “ambitious”
- Photos: UIT & ITS Halloween party
- UTVStream: A new way for students to watch their favorite shows
October 2015
September 2015
- TLT’s Amanda Babcock elected to WCET steering committee
- Two-factor authentication at the U enters the pilot phase
- Tech Day at the U September 23
- Helen Lacy-Smith, longtime U employee, has passed away
- UIT Golf Tournament 2015 [photos]
- Did you know? The U offers free (or low cost) access to popular software packages for students, staff, faculty
- The U joins U.S. Ignite in $6-million NSF grant to develop next-generation internet apps
- UIT student interns tackle real projects, not coffee orders
- UIT has strong presence during HRE Move-in Days
August 2015
- Sylvia Norris to retire after 28 years assisting USS
- Take a look at the new website for CFO John Nixon
- New to the U? Free software is here!
- Social media research earns Fenech a spot at AEJMC '15
July 2015
- Ken Pink named Deputy CIO
- Kudos & Congratulations
- IT assessment official kick-off held July 29
- ITP board welcomes back two familiar faces (and one new)
June 2015
- Box login page has a new look
- Winner selected for iPad Mini giveaway
- Photos: UIT and ITP summer picnic
- Photos: Steve Corbató farewell reception
- USS to offer OmniUpdate info sessions
- UIT and ITS join forces behind common service platform
May 2015
- Hess talks details for 2015-16 strategic plan
- Corbató heads to Portland, Oregon
- New CIS is still in the works
- IAM program continues to make strides with AD review
- UIT and ITP summer picnic details
- Kudos & Congratulations
- Links of interest
- Have you seen it?
- How to contact Node 4
- Job openings in UIT
- [Updated] Common University log-in page gets a redesign
April 2015
- Center for High Performance Computing Spring 2015 newsletter is published
- TLT's Mike Davis retires after 45 years at the U
- Erik Hjorten, Adam Stewart named associate directors for TLT
March 2015
- BI team paves the way for data-driven decision-making
- A new plan for identity and access management
- ISO developing new rules for security policy at the U
- All-Hands Meeting photos and roundup
- TLT teams up with College of Law to create smart classrooms
- U's partners to hold advanced networking workshops
- Kudos & Congratulations
- IT governance roundup
- Links of interest
- Have you seen it?
- How to contact Node 4
- Job openings in UIT
February 2015
- Robert McDermott, longtime CHPC employee, has passed away
- Radia Perlman to speak at School of Computing colloquium
- Common University log-in page gets a redesign
- 2015 Organick Lecture Series to be held Feb 12-13
January 2015
- CHPC featured in 2015 CASC publication
- Hess: The University's purpose is our purpose
- Successful CIS customer advocacy group inspires pilot program
- Photos: UIT holiday party
- PeopleSoft split project: highlights and lessons learned
- CHPC has strong presence at SuperComputing 2014
- Corbató: Collaboration is a critical ingredient for UIT success on campus
- UIT 2014 Staff Service Awards
- Utah sales tax reimbursement policy is changing
- Kudos & Congratulations
- IT governance roundup
- Have you seen it?
- Job openings in UIT
- Jon Thomas named director for TLT
- Steve Hess announced as new CIO
December 2014
- Thomas Howa named Associate Director of Business Intelligence for USS
- USS accepting donations for 'Hope for the Holidays'
November 2014
- Cheatham's vision for CHPC
- All-Hands Meeting photos and roundup
- UIT holiday party: movie screening, prizes, and more
- Corbató announces Kevin Taylor Service Award
- Lync: the collaborative all-in-one tool you should be using
- Photos: Common Infrastructure Services' bowling party
- Kudos & Congratulations
- IT governance roundup
- Have you seen it?
- Job openings in UIT
- Notice for Box users: some Box features are being retired
- Kevin Taylor, well-loved UIT colleague and retiree, has passed away
October 2014
September 2014
- U brings back former CIO to lead huge Procure to Pay project
- Box conference wants users to move beyond file sharing
- Bowden: Let's be honest about our "security"
- Adobe Day at the U [photos]
- UIT hosts annual golf tournament [photos]
- IT governance roundup
- More faculty joining IT governance panels
- Service management project awaits key hires
- Kudos & Congratulations
- Have you seen it?
- Job opening: Teaching & Learning Technologies director
- U hosts Adobe Day on September 16
August 2014
- UIT change manager takes stage at Carnegie Hall
- Box deal gives everyone at U 50GB of cloud storage
- Multi-talented Burrows wins Staff Excellence Award
- Hiring committee wants strategic and visionary CIO
- EAE students create award-winning game, medical apps
- EDUCAUSE discussion groups good resource for professional development
- Week-long IT conference coming to SLC
- Strategic UIT group aims for smooth start of school
- Steve Corbató: UITL retreat report
- A new future for cloud computing: U receives $10M grant
- IT governance roundup
- Kudos & Congratulations
- Job openings in UIT
- Have you seen it?
July 2014
June 2014
- A woman, a plan, a typewriter, Arkansas
- USS experiments with pair programming, likes the results
- Kuhn: UIT’s finance group works hard to create savings
- Students get U’s Linux User Group off the ground
- Incident management part of next ServiceNow launch
- IT Professionals board welcomes new members
- Davis brings wealth of experience to vendor relationships
- IT governance roundup
- Job openings in UIT
May 2014
- U signs major agreement with Adobe
- Corbató named interim CIO as Denna heads to Maryland
- UIT interns snag jobs at Disney, GM, and more
- Rakhsha named permanent USS director
- Continuing Education expands Cisco courses, training
- Hawkins family walks to find cure for cystic fibrosis
- Nominate someone for $5,000 staff excellence award
- Service dogs a calming presence during finals week
- Job openings in UIT
- IT governance roundup
- Kudos & Congratulations
April 2014
- Dan Thornley named new USS associate director of quality assurance
- Debbie Rakhsha named new USS director
- USS finds efficiency in Agile development
- TLT pioneers new video app for Canvas
- Recent IT governance decisions
- CIO Eric Denna: Guest speaker was meant to stir debate
- All-Hands Meeting photos and survey results
- Lani Twitchell turns up the heat for her artwork
- Box provides a safe storage solution for campus, hospital
- Technology helps Facilities Management save electricity
- SCAC funding: New oversight, same focus on learning
- Kudos & Congratulations
- Job openings in UIT
- Denna in EDUCAUSE Review: Let's talk business model
- Links to IT Professionals meeting audio and video
March 2014
- UIT went into overdrive for Asia Campus
- New technology coming to a classroom near you
- IT governance roundup
- IP management solution in the works
- Service management, new UIT website roll out
- CIS upgrades campus to 100GB DDC backbone
- Kudos & Congratulations
- Cheatham named Blue Waters adviser
- Instructure CTO to talk at All-Hands Meeting
- Graduate certificate in Information Systems now offered
- Have you seen it?
- Astronomy project puts data at CHPC
- CHPC staff remember friend, co-worker Steve Smith
February 2014
- Campus help desk gives tech service with a smile
- Marv Hawkins named SPD associate director
- UIT's YouTube star marries at Grammys
- CIO Eric Denna Article in EDUCAUSE Review
- Have you seen it?
December 2013
Access a PDF of the newletter, which features the following articles:
- Business process work: It’s not like ‘Office Space’
- Paula Millington: Plan, then build and run
- IT governance roundup
- Joe Taylor becomes CIO at BYU-Idaho
- A.D. Debbie Rakhsha named interim director
- Library offers inexpensive 3D printing
- ‘What we do’: Mapping the U’s process landscape
- Kudos & Congratulations
- UOnline: Secure tests, instant results
- USS selects team to work on Kuali project
- Calendar
November 2013
Access a PDF of the newletter, which features the following articles:
- Philo gives new meaning to ‘network television’
- Steve Corbató: Innovative infrastructure, research go hand in hand
- IT governance roundup
- Password resets required for select groups, not all
- USS’ new budgeting tool goes into full use
- SPC employee picked for $500 scholarship
- Infrastructure welcomes new directors
- Photo feature: UIT gathers for All-Hands meeting
- Kudos & Congratulations
- Orendt, others take on responsibility at CHPC
- Hospital tests encryption on personal cell phones
- Robust video solution rolls out across Utah
- Photo feature: UIT & ITS get spooky for Halloween party
- Meet the U’s classroom of tomorrow
- Encryption is good, except when it’s not
October 2013
Access a PDF of the newletter, which features the following articles:
- Kuali's approach puts keys in higher education's hands
- Eric Denna: Best learning happens when tech, teachers in harmony
- IT governance roundup
- Team UIT hits the streets for alumni 5K
- Meet Sue Broadbent
- Julio Facelli shifts roles
- Welcome to Node 4, your new source for UIT news
- Epic marriage proposal becomes viral hit
- Computing team gets $2.4 million grant