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Read recent news articles, blogs, and announcements featuring IT at UIC. Articles share best practices, important UIC IT news, service announcements and keeps you updated on the innovative and exciting IT services and projects we are working on.

UIC Units Successfully Adopt the New, Centralized Service Management Tool TDX

Anthe Mitrakos | Posted on August 13, 2023

UIC Technology Solutions is happy to announce the successful transition from the legacy Request Tracker (RT) ticketing system to the modern ticketing and service management platform, TeamDynamix (TDX). Units leveraging TDX now include…

College of Medicine Research Building (COMRB) Completes Comprehensive Network Equipment Upgrade

Jelene Crehan | Posted on August 10, 2023

The College of Medicine Research Building (COMRB) recently undertook a significant network infrastructure update that had been long overdue. After numerous iterations of planning and adapting to industry changes, funding was finally secured…

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HPC Partnership Program: Deadline for new node investments due August 18, 2023

Himanshu Sharma | Posted on July 13, 2023

ACER is thrilled to announce that our Summer call for high-performance computing (HPC) node purchases has officially begun! This is our second call for purchases since the HPC Partnership Program was restarted at…

Celebratory Icon of 600th UIC Red Website

UIC celebrates its 600th website on the UIC Red Multisite Network

Anthe Mitrakos | Posted on July 10, 2023

UIC’s Red Multisite Network is powered by a WordPress platform including a UIC branded theme framework for a consistent look among all UIC department websites. The theme offers a variety of page layouts…

LinkedIn Learning July Spotlight: Learn about AI

Anthe Mitrakos | Posted on July 06, 2023

The study of AI in education can equip learners with essential skills such as critical thinking, problem-solving, and computational thinking, preparing them for the demands of a rapidly evolving job market. LinkedIn offers…

2023-2024 Student Tech Guide Out Now

Posted on July 01, 2023

Technology Solutions – UIC’s main provider of IT resources – offers valuable tech tools and resources supporting academic excellence. We are happy to announce the release of the 2023-2024 Student Tech Guide! Browse…

Great job offer or scam? Spot the Scam!

Crystal Ortega | Posted on June 20, 2023

I recently received an email with an amazing part-time job opportunity working three hours a week for $500, but after closer inspection, I realized it was a SCAM!

Linkedin Learning - Summer of Learning

Crystal Ortega | Posted on June 06, 2023

Use this summer to polish up your skills or even learn some new ones. LinkedIn Learning has courses that can help you gain a new skill, sharpen up those soft skills, or help…

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UIC Students enhance UIC website through Software Development & Delivery Internship

Anthe Mitrakos | Posted on June 05, 2023

During the 2023 Spring Semester, College of Engineering student developers had the chance to work on UIC’s website, www.uic.edu, learning best practices, making suggestions for improvement, and implementing those suggestions under the guidance…

New data storage resources for UIC researchers

Leonard Apanasevich | Posted on June 02, 2023

Advanced Cyberinfrastructure for Education and Research (ACER) is pleased to announce the availability of two new data storage resources for our UIC research community: Research Data Lake and Research Data Glacier. These resources…