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UCR Women in Technology Luncheon

UC Riverside Women in Technology (UCR WIT) will host its first formal event on at 10 AM on Tuesday, November 8, at The Barn Stable on campus. Attendees will hear from guest speakers, learn about mentorship, and discuss issues affecting women in tech.
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Summer 2022 Team of the Quarter: Concur Integrations

ITS recognizes Marla Reyes for the hard work and effort she put into the move from iTravel to Concur and Josh Kraft for his tenacity and willingness to learn and adapt to support this effort.
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Time to Spread Some Cheer at ITS Holiday Party!

The 2022 All-Hands Meeting/Holiday Party will take place on Wednesday, November 9, from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM at the Canyon Crest Country Club in Riverside, CA.
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September 2022 Employee of the Month: Raymond Reyes

Raymond was nominated by Sheri Morgan for his teamwork, dedication, and excellent customer service.
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Get To Know The CIO!

ITS is excited to welcome its new CIO, Matt Gunkel, who will officially join the team on March 10, 2022.
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Concur Travel and Expense, UC Riverside’s new travel system, will deploy campus wide on July 25, 2022.

The Impact23 program is pleased to announce the deployment of the Concur Travel and Expense system in just a few short weeks. Concur is the first system in the campus’ multi-year initiative, Impact23, to update many of our aging administrative systems. This milestone is more than eight months in the making and has involved participation...
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UC Riverside’s New Travel System Will Deploy on July 25, 2022

Concur Travel and Expense is the first system in the campus’ multi-year initiative, Impact23, to update many of UCR's aging administrative systems.
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UCR ITS Bests UCSB and SDSU to Win Google Cloud Hero Cup

UC Riverside Information Technology Solutions (ITS)–campus’ central IT organization–won the inaugural Google Cloud Hero Cup against competitors from UC Santa Barbara and San Diego State University. The gamified Google Cloud training took place over the course of three hours on Friday, June 24. Each University was represented by its respective IT professionals, who competed head-to-head...
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Canvas is UCR’s New Learning Management System

As of July 1, 2022, Canvas (eLearn) is UC Riverside’s official learning management system, replacing Blackboard (iLearn). To log into Canvas, please go to elearn.ucr.edu.
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Best Practices for ITS Virtual Backgrounds

Read to find out how you can use the ITS virtual backgrounds effectively.
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Something Look "Suspish"? Ring the PhishAlarm!

Information Technology Solutions (ITS) is pleased to announce the release of PhishAlarm, an email add-in that allows you to easily report a suspected phishing email. Campus users can now report a suspicious email at the click of a button.
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Up to Speed: New Internet Routers in the Residence Halls

Students living in UCR residence halls may notice a difference in internet connectivity upon returning from spring break! While students have been away, Information Technology Solutions (ITS) has been working hard to improve an important part of the technology infrastructure in four of the UCR residence halls. In Aberdeen-Inverness, Glen Mor (phase 1), Lothian, and...
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Notice of Federally Prohibited Devices and Campus Compliance Plan

ITS will make a change to campus networking services on June 30, 2022, that will affect anyone attempting to make a wired connection to the UCR-secure network using a Federally restricted device. All University employees are responsible for conducting their work in accordance with the new campus NDAA 889 Compliance Plan. UC Riverside is legally...
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December 2021 Employee of the Month: Kevin De Bouse

Kevin De Bouse was nominated by Sheri Morgan for going above and beyond with the Network Operations team.
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Critical Vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228, CVE-2021-45046) in Apache log4j Library

The Apache Software Foundation has updated their guidance on fully mitigating the log4j vulnerability and now recommends 2.17.0 as their most secure release. Please review their latest security information at for more information. Please be advised that multiple critical severity remote code execution vulnerabilities ( CVE-2021-44228, CVE-2021-45046) have been discovered in Apache Log4j2 = 2.14.1...
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Information About Chime/Go2Bank Solicitations for New Bank Accounts

UC recently learned that names, Social Security numbers and other personal information of some members of the UC community are being used to open unauthorized bank accounts at financial institutions named Chime and Go2Bank. We do not believe UC accounts have been compromised, and we suspect the personal information being used to create these unauthorized...
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Notice of Job Offer Scams Targeting UCR Students

The Information Security Office has been working diligently to investigate and defend UCR against a Job Offer Scam that is primarily targeting UCR students. This is a type of email scam in which the attacker will impersonate the identity of a UCR faculty member or administrator. Using social engineering tactics, the attacker will try to...
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ITS Streamlines UCR HR Processes by Developing a Comprehensive HRMS Solution

The University of California, Riverside Information Technology Solutions (ITS) team is proud to announce the development of Human Resources Management System (HRMS), a new multi-tenancy software built in conjunction with UCR Human Resources that effectively and seamlessly combines five existing human resources systems--iRecruit, iReview, CareerTracks, JDS, and Title & Pay Plan--into one portal.
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How Loan2Learn Has Provided Equitable Access to Remote Education

ITS is pleased to report that the L2L program continues to grow and help students overcome financial barriers that would otherwise inhibit their access to required remote learning technology.
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New Software Catalog Provides Quick & Easy Access for Students

Requesting instructional software has never been easier thanks to the new and improved student Software Catalog experience! The Software Catalog, now conveniently located within the ServiceLink portal...
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