Feature Stories

The University of Arizona, Arizona State University, and Northern Arizona University are contributing research computing power to a worldwide effort to run protein modeling computations to better understand the disease.

Last month, the University of Arizona's Trellis Constituent Relationship Management program was announced the winner of this year's Salesforce Higher Ed Summit Award for "Excellence in Student Success."

Students learned on March 13 that they would be finishing the semester remotely, but some didn't have the internet connection they needed. UITS worked with CALS, Cooperative Extension, and Northern Arizona University to create UAWiFi hot spots around the state.

UITS Research Technologies has been featured in two very different arenas recently—one in scientific papers on running simulations for NASA's next space telescope and one in an interview on the journey to an HPC career.

University of Arizona’s Student Aid for Field Epidemiology Response (SAFER) recently implemented a new calling solution to better serve the needs of Arizona’s COVID Pandemic incident response. Amazon Connect provided a quick solution that ensured continuous SAFER team access as support staff were moved to remote locations.

Finding ways for teams to stay connected while working remotely can have challenges, but the University of Arizona’s IT Community has continued their mutual support to colleges and departments across campus through a daily Zoom continuity meeting.

Developers and business analysts on the UITS UAccess Employee team install, monitor, and coordinate changes to the university’s employee workforce system. For 2020 this included UCAP.