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In Brief February 2013

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  • The campus on-line directory has been modified so that last names, which in the past have been in UPPER CASE, are now displayed in the more conventional Mixed Case.
  • Walk-in support by the OIT Help Desk is now available in Modular B, Physical Sciences Quad (in parking lot 16) in addition to 115 Aldrich Hall.
  • The campus Kerberos servers (which provide WebAuth and other UCInetID-based login services) were recently upgraded resulting in quicker authentication processing.

In Brief December 2012

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  • The Office of Strategic Communications and OIT are pleased to announce the release of a new Web search engine. “UC Irvine Search” can be accessed from the campus homepage at http://www.uci.edu.
  • The scheduled move of equipment from the Law Building Data Center to the OIT Data Center went very well, and the problems with emergency power have now been resolved.
  • Improved email infrastructure has made possible an upgrade to the Student Electronic Broadcast System (SEBS) which provides bulk email of messages to students.  Whereas delivery in the past has been queued for after-hours processing, messages are now processed as soon as they are received.
  • During the campus holiday closure, December 24 – January 1, the OIT Help Desk (824-2222) will remain available for urgent support issues, but with limited staffing and potentially longer resolution times.

In Brief October 2012

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  • Students are now able to request a ‘Preferred Name’ for use in place of their legal first name. Use of this new information in campus systems is optional, though several systems will be using it beginning this Fall, including the campus online directory, Class Rosters, Financial Aid and EEE.
  • Accounting Systems is holding forums to answer questions regarding the Kuali Financial System (KFS) monthly until February 2013.  The next one will take place in the Student Center, Doheny Beach A, at 1:00 on Tuesday, October 23.  You can register at https://eee.uci.edu/survey/forum
  • OIT Staff in the modulars in Physical Sciences quad have relocated to offices on the 6th floor of the Ayala Science Library.
  • OIT Staff in the University Research Park are relocating to the Physical Sciences modulars October 22-23.

Kuali Coeus: The Future of Proposal Development at UCI

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On August 6, 2012, the Office of Research (OR) and the Office of Information Technology (OIT) implemented the Proposal Development component of the Kuali Coeus (KC) system.   KC includes systems for the electronic review, routing, approval and submission of proposals to Sponsored Projects Administration (SPA).

Presently being used by a pilot group, including representatives from The Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, TEC Business Center, Biological Chemistry, UCI MIND, Advanced Power and Energy Program, Social Ecology, SPA and OIT, KC will be made available to the rest of the UCI research community this quarter.  Additional information about the roll out and training will be available in the near future.

KC is a comprehensive system to manage the complexities of research administration. It assimilates the functions of multiple existing systems into a single integrated system to better support an institution’s research enterprise. The Proposal Development component of KC, when fully implemented, will enable electronic proposal development (including budget development), proposal routing, review and institutional approval, as well as system-to-system submission of proposals to Grants.gov.

To learn more about KC and to stay connected with the latest developments, please sign up for the KC-project listserv by sending a blank email to kc-project-join@uci.edu.

In Brief August 2012

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  • Annual renewals for research software licenses (such as SPSS or Mathematica) are being processed now.  Check for prices and license options on the licensing web site.
  • OIT email services are being reconfigured.  Sent mail will now appear to come from your preference between your UCInetID @uci.edu or your My.Name @uci.edu address.  It will no longer be necessary to configure this in your email client.  You can indicate your preference at the phupdate web site (“which address do you wish to publish?”)
  • UCCSC, the UC system-wide computing support conference will be held August 5-7 at UC Berkeley.
  • DrupalCamp, the annual conference for west coast Drupal developers, was held at UCI July 27-28.
  • UCI Kuali Day will take place at the Pacific Ballroom in the UCI Student Center on Tuesday, August 21.