Anne McCarthy recently landed her dream job as “happiness engineer” at San Francisco WordPress.com manager Automattic Inc. after graduating from UNC-Chapel Hill in May with a bachelor’s degree in psychology. She finished school in just three years despite also working … Continued

Matt Leming, a senior majoring in computer science, is part of a team that created the University’s CarolinaGO mobile app, which officially launched October 28. Originally an initiative pushed by the student body president, the m.unc.edu mobile app project was … Continued

Collaborating with students is one of the best parts of the job for Billy Hylton, ITS Web Services manager. “We’ve worked a lot with students,” he said. “I have student employees and I’ve also worked with several students on projects. … Continued

It’s been nearly a year since ITS Enterprise Applications began working with Carolina students who, independently from ITS, had begun developing two apps based on information they gathered from University public information. ITS and the students found they could benefit … Continued

Working for Walk-in Services within the ITS Response Center can be stressful, for sure. Students, faculty and retired professors come in with all sorts of technology problems. Sometimes clients fear they’ve lost everything on their computer only to find that … Continued

ITS is pleased to announce that Kevin Lanning has been selected as the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for UNC-Chapel Hill. Kevin has been a valued and respected member of the information technology community at Carolina since 1999, and his … Continued

Years ago as a UNC-Chapel Hill student, Kaity Yu arrived at the ITS Response Center walk-in support needing her computer fixed when she saw that the center was hiring student workers. A psychology major, she needed a job to help … Continued

This month we’re highlighting students past and present on ITS News. This week, you’ll find articles featuring User Support & Engagement’s Kaity Yu and Jackson Cox (pictured above) – two former student workers who returned full-time after graduation. Also in … Continued

It’s only natural that when we think of the ConnectCarolina project as the October 1 go-live nears that we focus on the software, the technology and the capabilities. After all, it is an integrated management system built on Oracle’s PeopleSoft … Continued

Earlier this year we welcome Susan Kellogg as our new Deputy Chief Information Officer.

In his post-Iowa caucus roundup, New York Times columnist Tom Friedman asks what candidates would be talking about if the campaign were about moving America forward. One topic, he writes, would surely be how to help the United States navigate … Continued

Do you use analytics and usage data to drive website-related decisions? Then join Rachell Underhill of the Graduate School and Anita Crescenzi of the Health Sciences Library at the December Webmasters meeting on Thursday, Dec. 1 at 2 p.m. in … Continued