Welcome to UBC Winter Session 2024! Prepare for the new semester with UBC IT's top resources and services designed to support students, faculty, and staff. UBC IT offers essential services, including campus-wide Wi-Fi access, UBC email services, and cybersecurity solutions to keep you safe online…
During their short time at UBC IT, our Co-op student employees inject fresh perspectives and energy into our teams while supporting our projects and daily operations. This week we are saying goodbye to Emilyn Sim, our UBC IT Communications Web Specialist Co-op student. Over the past 8 months,…
As a part of the VP Research & Innovation portfolio, UBC Advanced Research Computing (ARC) supports the computing and data management needs of researchers across campus. At the core of their offerings is UBC ARC “Sockeye”, a powerful, cutting-edge computing platform with nearly 16…
The Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing (PEARC) Conference 2024 is fast approaching, and we're thrilled to announce that Matt Smith, Manager of Research Systems for Advanced Research Computing (ARC), will be a plenary speaker at this annual event. In an…
Celebrated every July, Disability Pride Month is an opportunity to honor the history, achievements, experiences, and struggles of those with disabilities. This month promotes visibility and awareness of the issues affecting persons with disabilities, advocating for…
The annual CANHEIT conference brings together the community of IT professionals in higher education to promote best practices, innovation, and collaboration. This year, Daniel Lindenberger, Frederik Svendsen, and Saeed Dyanatkar from UBC’s Emerging Media Lab (EML) presented on the steps…
As we strive for excellence in our day-to-day operations at UBC IT and Privacy and Information Security Management (PrISM), there are moments when the value of our work extends beyond the campus, advancing the standards and practices in higher education. Recently, UBC IT's…
As I sit down to write this article, I want to first express my deep gratitude for the opportunity to live and work on the unceded lands and territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations. In honour of Indigenous Heritage Month during the month of June and Indigenous …
UBC’s Generative AI website offers guidance and resources on how to ensure the use of GenAI tools meets UBC’s guidelines and policies for secure, ethical and appropriate use. We’ve just launched a monthly newsletter so you can get the latest updates from the GenAI website emailed…
UBC IT is continually seeking innovative solutions to streamline our operations. Recently, we took the first step in the implementation of Microsoft 365 (M365) across the university by starting the migration of our on-premises enterprise email solution to the cloud-based platform,…
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