Constructivism "was an artistic and architectural philosophy that originated in Russia beginning in 1913 by Vladimir Tatlin. This was a rejection of the idea of autonomous art. He wanted 'to construct' art. The movement was in favour of art as a practice for social purposes." This image was inspired by that movement, but in reality...
This NSF proposal graphic shows the environmental, industrial and economic impacts on production decisions as they pertain to surface water delivery pump rates and surface water availability, depth to groundwater table and soil condition.
UCR Information Technology Solutions (ITS) is pleased to announce that it has enhanced and made permanent the Loan2Learn (L2L) Program for students in need of off-campus access to a learning device. ITS is currently accepting applications for the 2020 Fall quarter.
The following customer support enhancements will be made to UCR MyAccount as of June 13, 2020: MFA Enrollment Process Upon entering credentials into CAS for the first time, new users will be prompted to enroll in multi-factor authentication (MFA) and directed to myaccount.ucr.edu. They will then need to select the “Enroll in MFA” card and...
Information Technology Solutions (ITS) is pleased to announce that UCR’s primary authentication systems—Central Authentication Service (CAS) and Shibboleth—will be upgraded on Friday, July 10, at 10pm. How Do These Upgrades Benefit UC Riverside? Upgrading to the latest releases of these systems significantly improves our risk mitigation efforts, further securing campus data and systems. As an...
Please be advised that the R’Space and R’Web portals will be unavailable from 10pm on Friday, June 5, until 3am on Saturday, June 6, as a result of a major upgrade to the uPortal system. During this four-hour maintenance window users will be unable to access the R’Space and R’Web portals. Please note that only...
The oldest known ancestor of all modern animals has made its public debut and is elevating UCR research thanks to the incredible talents of ITS’ Information Graphic Designer, Sohail Wasif. Faculty from UCR’s Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences contracted ITS’ graphic design services to bring their groundbreaking research to life. As a result, Sohail’s...
Recently ITS launched software virtualization through Apporto, UC Riverside's newest virtual computer lab (VLab) service. Specialized instructional/classroom software can now be easily accessed and run from within an internet browser. Students and faculty simply need to visit https://ucr.apporto.com/ and log in using their NetID credentials to access the UCR Virtual Lab app store. Users of...
With the onset of COVID-19 fears, UC campuses have seen a spike in coronavirus-related phishing attempts, including the targeting of COVID-19 research and high-performance computing. “Bad actors look to capitalize on moments of fear and uncertainty,” said new ITS Chief Information Security Officer Dewight Kramer. “The Information Security Office is examining ways to better support...
Information Technology Solutions (ITS) is proud to introduce software virtualization through Apporto, UC Riverside's newest virtual computer lab (VLab) service. Specialized instructional/classroom software can now be easily accessed and run from within an internet browser. Students and faculty simply need to visit http://ucr.apporto.com/ and log in using their NetID credentials to access the UCR Virtual...
ITS has successfully accomplished Cyxtera LAX3 Data Center setup and four (4) move events, totaling approximately 40 applications. Operational priorities have shifted to supporting remote working and teaching in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Ensuring that faculty and students have a viable and reliable online learning environment during this unprecedented time has become ITS’ absolute...
UCR Information Technology Solutions (ITS) is committed to helping our campus community acquire technology skills and knowledge by providing training on a variety of technical topics. Gaining access to ITS training resources is now easier than ever before with the new ITS Training Toolkit found on the ITS website. Discover content such as interactive tutorials...
Information Technology Solutions (ITS) is pleased to announce that a new training offering is now available in the UCR Learning Center (LMS). This guide provides an overview of DocuSign functionality including the signing and sending of documents, setting up documents for completion and signature and completing and signing received documents. Begin Training You can access...
What is email phishing? With electronic mail being a mainstay of personal and professional communication, malicious actors often utilize email in an attempt to steal personal or private information. Phishing emails are crafted to look legitimate but contain malicious programming or content used to capture sensitive data, which can put you and your workplace at...
UCR Information Technology Solutions (ITS) will introduce a new Virtual Private Network (VPN) solution for campus use on March 2, 2020. The new VPN (Palo Alto GlobalProtect) is scheduled to replace the current campus VPN (Cisco AnyConnect). Why is UCR introducing a new campus VPN? Palo Alto’s GlobalProtect VPN offers greater security features than Cisco’s...
Keeping our campus safe is a top priority. A critical part of campus safety means keeping our electronic data such as research, grades, and personal information away from those who should not have it. Phishing (pronounced ‘fishing’) is one of the most common attack methods used by cybercriminals today. In fact, over 91 percent of...
