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Monthly Newsletter | December 2020
Dear WIT Community,
What a rollercoaster of a year. We saw loved ones get sick. We witnessed some who passed away. The long and hard efforts of small businesses were truncated by Covid-19. We are still figuring out a way to rectify systemic racism and the continued attack on Black people by the police. Yet despite one of the most devastating years of our time, we are still here. Our resilience and empathy became stronger than ever. We saw a new way of bringing our community together. We saw our democracy live another day. We embrace and value the importance of human connections even more so than before. As we look back this year (actually, let’s not look too hard), let’s learn from our mistakes, celebrate our successes, and prepare for a more resilient, bold, and sustainable 2021.
Soon we will be off this rollercoaster ride. Hold tight. Keep the faith. Wear a mask.
Stay safe and have a wonderful holiday and see you in 2021!
Cheers and power on!
WIT@UCSF Leadership Team
Ana Buenaventura, Kat Li, Sarah Ngo, Suria Sadat, & Alyssa Tecklenburg
Welcome New Members
Welcome new members who have joined since the last newsletter. If you have a question about a product, or how to get something done, it's likely that there's someone in our group who can help!
Announcements
GitHub Launched at UCSF
Use UCSF GitHub to increase team collaboration, encourage code review, create DevOps workflows, avoid PHI breaches and more.
Questions? Email github@ucsf.edu or join our UC Tech slack channel #ucsf-github
UC Events
Save the Date: Together We Rise: Professional Development, Women in Tech, Diversity and Accessibility
January 26, 2021
Research Security Virtual Symposium
Protecting the Research Enterprise – Transparency, Integrity & Reciprocity
Tuesday, January 26: 9am
Podcasts You Might Find Interesting
You’ve got Enron Mail!
This episode, posted on 99% Invisible, but by produce by “Brought to You By...” gives an inside look into the themes of privacy and bias in AI that have resulted from the hundreds of thousands of emails being released to the public after Enron was exposed for fraud.
LinkedIn Learning Highlights
Check out these courses and keep learning!
Job Opportunities
Check out the technology related positions below or visit the UCSF careers webpage and search, "technology".
Web Manager with Department of Medicine, Chair's Office at Parnassus
SAS Programmer with Family and Community Medicine (location TBD)
Programmer with Neuro-Memory and Aging at Mission Bay
Information Systems Analyst with Ophthalmology at Parnassus
ECM Analyst with IT Communication Apps at Mission Center Building
Free Online Courses and Certificates
With all this sheltering in place, why not brush up on some skills or learn some new ones? There is a wealth of classes offered by the UC and UCSF online, as well as free courses from other learning platforms. Here are some ideas below:
Microsoft is offering training on Teams and OneDrive/Sharepoint
FREE! Click link below to view all available resources.
Skillsoft from UCSF Learning and Organization
UCSF L&OD offers a variety of Skillsoft courses and even certifications!
You may already be familiar with LinkedIn’s renowned professional networking platform. LinkedIn Learning adds access to a digital library of thousands of video courses taught by industry experts covering a wide range of technical, business, software and creative topics. LinkedIn Learning will be accessible 24/7 from computer or mobile device via MyAccess Single Sign-On.
Learn Something New at edX
Gain new skills, advance your career, or learn something just for fun. EdX is a nonprofit offering 1900+ courses from the world's best institutions including Harvard, MIT, Microsoft, and more.
Free Harvard Online Courses
Browse the latest free online courses from Harvard University, including CS50's Introduction to Game Development and CS50's Web Programming with Python and JavaScript.
Class Central's MOOCDReport
For a limited time, Coursera offers free certificates for 85 courses. Click on the button below to discover other courses recommended by Class Central. Check out the Business Technology Management course!
Power On!
