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University Support Services (USS) is working on an equity, diversity, and inclusion jobs initiative to address issues with attracting and retaining people of color, women, and other diverse backgrounds.

Although the U has offered instructional technology for a while, an increase in remote learning brought to the forefront concerns about using multiple platforms that may or may not be supported by the university. Governance, Risk & Compliance Associate Director Trevor Long and University Registrar Tim Ebner explain how to navigate the regulations.

The University of Utah has signed a new five-year campus-wide software agreement that makes MathWorks MATLAB Total Academic Headcount (TAH) available to eligible students, staff, and faculty at no cost starting on Thursday, October 1, 2020.

Because technology bridges physical distance, UIT has worked months in advance of the new term to establish measures that promote social distancing, support a hybrid semester of in-person and online courses, enhance security, expand Wi-Fi coverage, and provide the U community with ample bandwidth to telework.

A portal to help students purchase and manage software from the university's Office of Software Licensing (OSL) is now available via Campus Information Services (CIS). Plus, we have a list of all the computer labs open on campus this semester.

Vice President for Student Affairs Lori McDonald awarded UIT’s Business Intelligence team with the Campus Partner Award at the Student Affairs winter luncheon on December 10, 2019.

When it comes to how the fees are used, the Teaching and Learning Portfolio governance committee has implemented a thorough process for gathering data and reviewing requests for Student Computing Fees-Learning Spaces funding.

Student interns in UIT's Network Operations Center have started holding Tech Talks to teach each other about network processes, software, and applications.

Every year, the U’s Teaching and Learning Portfolio (TLP) IT governance committee awards Learning Spaces - Student Computing Fees (LS-SCF) funds. For the 2017-18 award cycle, the portfolio awarded $2.86 million.

UIT's Elliot Fenech discussed the organization's Student Employee Program on November 3, 2017 as part of a national Cyberinfrastructure Engineering Brown Bag virtual event. A recording and slides of the presentation are available on Google Drive.