When UIT's Paul Richardson learned his sister Rosie needed a liver transplant, he’d already made up his mind to step forward as a living donor. Nearly three years since donating about two-thirds of his liver, he and his sister are in good health, and closer than ever.
The Smells Like Team Spirit Committee wrapped its 2025 fall festivities with a Halloween celebration and trivia event for University Support Services (USS), Partner Relations, Project Management Office (PMO), Strategic Communication, and Strategic Planning and Process Team employees.
In recent months, the Smells Like Team Spirit Committee has sponsored a breakfast, lunch, ice cream and trivia social, walking challenge, and initiative to honor a former student intern and highlight kindhearted employees.
The first-place team finished with a score of 30 (6 under par) on the 18-hole course that’s split by the Jordan River, with straight and dogleg fairways framed by pine and willow trees.
The senior systems administrator has participated in the 545-mile, seven-day bike ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles, California, which raises funds for free HIV/AIDS medical care, testing, and prevention services, since 2019.
If you’ve taken an ITIL Foundations course through the University of Utah in the past 20 years, chances are Craig Bennion taught it. The IT Service Management (ITSM) process manager recently retired after serving the U for 44 years.
If UIT had a hall of fame, Chief Technology Officer Jim Livingston said Jon Ross would “definitely be enshrined there.” Livingston delivered his remarks on July 22 at a retirement reception honoring Ross' 37 years of service to the university.
Besides go-karts, Boondocks’ Draper location, site of this year’s UIT Spring Party, gave UIT staff unlimited access to mini golf, bumper boats, a ropes course, bowling, laser tag, and XD Dark Ride.
Throughout spring, Deputy Chief Information Officer (DCIO) organization events focused on experiences outside of the office.
The retired U.S. Air Force colonel brings more than two decades of cybersecurity, information technology, and engineering experience at the U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Cyber Command, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Senate, and U.S. Department of Energy to the position.
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