The Digital Accessibility Office has added three new consultants who have a wealth of experience advancing accessibility. Lane Fields, Sherose Badruddin and Craig Hayward joined the team last month. They will aid the DAO’s efforts to serve as a resource … Read more
ResNET Director Phil Young’s experience spans industries, but there’s a certain quality that has been the common thread throughout his career. “What weaved everything together for me has always been leadership and management,” Young said. That’s one of the things … Read more
ITS Project Portfolio & Change Management added two change managers this month. Emily Hardin and Rachel Holderied, both newcomers to UNC-Chapel Hill, joined the ITS division to focus on institutionally and divisionally scoped projects. Both have experience in change management … Read more
Producers of the cybersecurity podcast Data@Rest released the first half of the show’s sixth season on April 20. Michael Williams and Charlie Mewshaw, cybersecurity specialists who produce and host Data@Rest, anticipate releasing the second half of this season in May. The “human … Read more
March is Women’s History Month and ITS has celebrated by highlighting women and nonbinary Tar Heels in technology. All month long, we have shared profiles, Q&As and stories to share the breadth and diversity of the Carolina-women-in-IT experience. Get — … Read more
Since she was a young girl, ITS Research Computing’s Jenny Williams has appreciated community and hands-on work. These values have shaped, defined and inspired her work as a woman in IT. Growing up in a family of shipyard workers … Read more
As part of our Meet the ITS Team series, we highlight Digital Services, led by Kim Vassiliadis, Director of Digital Experience and Communications. What is ITS Digital Services? The ITS Digital Services team provides WordPress-based web development and web hosting … Read more
Chelsea Porter has been named head of the Digital Accessibility Office (DAO), effective today, February 20. Porter first joined the DAO as a digital accessibility consultant in early 2020 and has served as Interim Head of the Digital Accessibility Office … Read more
The rise of new generative AI tools, particularly ChatGPT, has created a lot of buzz. Google and Microsoft announced major changes to their search engines. Economists are predicting shifts in the workforce. And closer to home, colleges and universities are … Read more
Today, February 6, Paul Rivers takes the helm as UNC-Chapel Hill’s next Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and Assistant Vice Chancellor for Information Security. The role was previously held by Dennis Schmidt, who retired in April 2022 after 24 years … Read more
In this post within our occasional Meet the ITS team series, we highlight ITS’ Enterprise Reporting & Departmental Systems team. The Enterprise Reporting & Departmental Systems (ERDS) team is one of three teams within the Data Reporting Environments & Application … Read more
Alexandra Corbett, a part-time data governance analyst at ITS, didn’t enter information technology the way you might expect. When she started, she was an undergraduate student studying philosophy and psychology. “Funny enough, I came into the job through the philosophy … Read more
