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The Division of IT rolled out faster Wi-Fi and launched a new partnership with OpenAI--bringing ChatGPT Edu to all students and faculty for smarter, more connected learning this fall.
Scammers are stepping up their game -- and they're not holding back. From fake job offers and phony school supply sales to counterfeit football tickets, their tactics are evolving.
The IT Purchasing Portal will serve as a single point of entry for initiating, tracking, and managing IT purchase requests across all university units starting August 4, 2025.
Discover how the eLearning Services team is transforming digital education by blending cutting-edge technology with personalized faculty support.
AI bots are joining Teams meetings to record, transcribe and prompt users to create "free" accounts--so resist the temptation, as they may collect more data than you expect.
Microsoft spotlights the Division's role in driving innovation at USC.
CarolinaAnalytics hits a milestone for student success.
Security Analyst Rhaynie Bongiorno '25 presented her Phishing Bot 3.0 project.
The Classroom Utilization project is a collaborative effort between Analytics & Data Governance (DoIT) and the Registrars at all USC system campuses.
Microsoft Copilot is now available for licensing for USC faculty and staff, bringing AI-powered features to Microsoft 365 tools.
The new database allows easy identification of IT contracts, as well as promotes efficiency and informed decision-making university-wide.
Thanks to a collaborative effort between the Office of the Provost, the Division of IT, Gamecock CommUnity Shop, the Office of Sustainability, Student Life and Carolina Food Co., Garnet Bites offers a solution that keeps food from the landfill and feeds students, faculty and staff for free.
The Division of Information Technology expands its classroom technology support on the Columbia campus with part-time student workers.
The Division of Information Technology announces the launch of Gartner Campus Access, a new research resource for faculty, staff and students.
On September 13 the Division of IT officially launched its new artificial intelligence initiative with the kickoff of Microsoft 365 Copilot, a collaborative initiative aimed at increasing productivity across campus.
On June 20, the Division of Information Technology bid a fond farewell to Chief Data Officer, Dr. Mike Kelly, Ph.D., who was appointed to the strategic leadership role in 2014.
Division of IT began 2024 with a new chapter in our story with the arrival of a new Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer, John “Brice” Bible Jr.
Recently named Interim Vice President for Information Technology and CIO, Beth Brigdon comes to the University of South Carolina with the knowledge and experience needed to lead IT as the university initiates a national search for a permanent VP/CIO.
Due to ongoing security concerns on a state, federal and international level, the USC system’s networks will no longer support access to the TikTok social media platform.
all Blackboard Collaborate Ultra recordings that were created before Aug. 16, 2020 will be deleted on December 15, 2023. Faculty who need to keep recordings that were created before Aug. 16, 2020 should request help transferring recordings to Panopto.
Phase III of the Hyperion High Performance Computing cluster has been installed, tested, configured, and placed into production. This increases Hyperion's theoretical peak performance in quadrillion floating-point operations per second and increases the number of computing cores.
Microsoft is retiring the Wiki feature in Teams and replacing it with OneNote. Any data stored in Wikis must be migrated to OneNote by June 2023.
Widespread outages with wired & wireless network connectivity are under investigation. The issues are also affecting some telephone services. Technicians are working to restore service as quickly as possible. Updates will be provided here.
Phase 2 of the upgrade to the wired and wireless networks on the Columbia campus is scheduled to begin on May 13, 2023. When the work is completed, users should see an improved experience using both the wired and wireless networks in select classroom and administrative buildings.