What do you see when you log in to ConnectCarolina? The answer depends, in part, on your role at the University. You may see only information about you, like your paycheck and benefits information. Others at the University may need … Read more
The first line of the newest ITS Networking biannual report, chronicling the work done in the first half of 2022, sums it up: “projects, projects and more projects.” Ryan Turner, interim Director of Networking, said of the last six months, … Read more
Dave Scott joined ITS as Managed Desktop Services (MDS) Manager on May 31. We checked in with him to see how his first months on the job are going. What have you and your team been working on? The MDS … Read more
Customer case study Earlier this year, a collaboration between three members of the UNC-Chapel Hill Department of Chemistry and ITS Research Computing yielded interesting publishable findings. Pedro de Jesús Cruz, now Senior Research Scientist at Merck, was a Ph.D. candidate, … Read more
Cybersecurity podcast Data@Rest released its fifth season on May 13. It is available on podcast apps such as Spotify and Apple Podcasts, as well as the web. The Information Security Office launched Data@Rest in 2019 as a collaboration between Michael … Read more
On August 1, ITS will retire its exam scanning service, Digital Desk, marking the end of an era for centralized bubble sheet scanning. The history of exam scanning at UNC-Chapel Hill has murky origins, but since at least the 1930s, … Read more
June 16 marked another successful digital accessibility conference co-organized by the Digital Accessibility Office (DAO), a unit of ITS. The NC Higher Ed Accessibility Collaborative, a group of accessibility advocates from UNC system schools, organized the free conference for a … Read more
John McGee has been appointed as Assistant Vice Chancellor for ITS Research Computing after serving as interim Director of the UNC-Chapel Hill group since March 2019. Research Computing presents institutionally scoped research cyberinfrastructure to faculty, post-docs, staff, students and research … Read more
The University Office for Diversity and Inclusion launched its redesigned department website on May 5. ITS Digital Services, UNC Creative and SouthStar Strategies LLC collaborated with UODI on the redesign. The UODI, which gained its current name in 2018 and … Read more
ITS Project Portfolio & Change Management’s leader has added two project managers. Today, Brenda Carpen, Director of Project Portfolio & Change Management, brings on board two new hires. They are Alison Campbell, previously Customer Solutions Lead in ITS’ Customer Experience … Read more
The Digital Accessibility Office at UNC-Chapel Hill is collaborating with the North Carolina Higher Education Digital Accessibility Collaborative to facilitate a free virtual conference on digital accessibility on June 16. The conference, titled Join the Journey, will be held on … Read more
Dave Scott steps into the role of ITS Managed Desktop Services (MDS) manager today, May 31, after nearly 22 years with the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools. Scott replaces Anne Vail, who served as MDS manager from 2016 to 2021. Experience … Read more
