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UCR Emergency Notification System: Mobile Phone Number Verification

Text messaging is one of several tools used to communicate during an emergency and is often the quickest way to be notified. Other emergency campus notification tools include verbal broadcasts from the bell tower, messaging on campus computer screens, email, and voicemail. Below is a list of FAQs about UCR's Emergency Notification System (ENS). What...
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Technology Companies are Changing the Digital Landscape – How Does This Impact UCR?

Changes that affect UCR’s industry standard technical tools and services directly impact the way Highlanders work, teach, study, and research. Read this article to learn how to mitigate disruptions caused by these changes.
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Microsoft Makes Changes to UCR’s Educational Licenses

Following the August 1, 2024, retirement of Office 365 A1 Plus for education, UCR is providing affected Highlanders with a complimentary Office 365 A1 license. Visit the blog to learn more about this change.
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UCR Adopts Retention Policy for Content Stored in Zoom Cloud

Under the new policy, which will take effect on October 14, 2024, Zoom cloud recordings will only be stored for 9 months in users’ accounts.
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UCR’s Ascent to Common, Sustainable, and User-friendly Platforms

ITS announces an option for Staff to streamline email and calendaring by migrating to R’Mail to join Faculty and Students.

UC Riverside Announced as 2024 CIO 100 Award Winner

Foundry’s CIO 100 award recognizes enterprise excellence and innovation in IT
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Introducing UC Riverside's New Virtual Computer Lab (VLab) Service

Highlanders can access UCR’s new VLab service starting on March 29, 2024.
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New Authentication Window When Accessing Secure UCR Resources

Here’s what you need to know about the upcoming campus upgrade to Duo Universal Prompt on March 25, 2024.
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Slack is Rolling Out a New Interface With a Streamlined View

On December 19, 2023, UC Riverside will see a fresh Slack experience built for focus.
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Help a UCR Student in Need Through ITS’ Loan2Learn Program

Donate to the Loan2Learn program fundraising campaign and help us reach our goal of $3,000 for brand-new student learning devices!
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Upcoming Changes to Storage, Email, and Calendar Services

Learn the changes that UCR is making to its Microsoft and Google services after the technology companies announced their new licensing and storage models for higher education institutions.
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ITS Teams Up with Campus Partners to Upgrade Campus Spaces to Zoom Rooms

Discover the latest technological advancements in UCR’s general assignment classrooms and conference rooms
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Ursa Major Powers Innovative Energy Solution of Award-Winning UCR Research Lab

Discover the UCR-based research lab that successfully harnessed the power of Ursa Major to create solutions for the energy industry
By Astitva Chopra |
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Connect With the UCR Community on Slack

Your UCR NetID credentials are all you need to activate your official UCR Slack account and start collaborating across campus!
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Join the UCR Tech Town Hall on October 19, 2023

Exciting things are in store for Highlanders. You won’t want to miss this!
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Ursa Major Boosts UCR’s Research Computing Capabilities

Senior Research Computing Facilitator Astitva Chopra shares how UCR researchers are leveraging Google Cloud Platform for their projects.
By Astitva Chopra |
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Zoom Phone Migration Ongoing as More Campus Groups Move to Cloud-Based Phone Service

Over 2,200 UCR phone users across 16 campus organizations are now using Zoom Phone Services.
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IAMRiverside Improves UCR’s Identity and Access Management Service

The IAM service now features improved stability and increased flexibility and scalability
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ITS Launches Looker Data Analytics and Self-Service Reporting Tool for Impact23

The launch will take place on August 2023
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Zoom Phone Migration Completed for Select Campus Groups; Remaining Campus Units Soon to Follow

The next Zoom Phone migration is slated for August 2023
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