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[Email] ProtectUs: Single Sign-On Changes

September 4, 2025
.ul{ font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; } .li{ font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; } Email sent to campus on 9/4 OIT is preparing to roll out further enhancements as part of the ProtectUs: Systemwide Cybersecurity Initiative. Beginning September 15th, 2025, you will...

[Email] Updates on ProtectUs: System-Wide Cybersecurity Initiative

September 2, 2025
Email sent on 9/2 to Staff & Faculty Update on ProtectUs: System-Wide Cybersecurity Initiative At the start of the Fall 2024 term, the Office of Information Technology (OIT) announced the ProtectUs: System-wide Cybersecurity Initiative as our campus’s response to the UC Office of the...

Announcing Migration to Zoom Phone

August 25, 2025
The Office of Information Technology is excited to announce our plans to migrate our campus telephone services from Mitel to Zoom Phone. This change will make these services more reliable, easily accessible from multiple devices, and access it will be as simple as pressing a new button in your Zoom...

CatNet Update

August 20, 2025
As previously communicated, OIT had planned to take UCM-CatNet wireless network offline at the beginning of 2025. As we prepared to deploy this change, we discovered a technical snag that we need to address to ensure a smooth transition between networks. This, combined with the efforts to address...

Introducing Zoom AI Companion

April 28, 2025
The UC system continues to advance and increase it's list of Artificial Intelligence tools to assist with research and education. OIT is happy to announce the most recent tool for UC Merced's campus, Zoom AI Companion. With Zoom AI Companion you can received a detailed meeting summary,...
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2FA For All UCM Accounts

April 2, 2025
Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) using Duo is now mandatory on all UC Merced accounts effective May 27th 2025.  Why now? At the start of the Fall 2024 term, the Office of Information Technology (OIT) announced ProtectUs: System-wide Cybersecurity Initiative as a response to the...

UC Merced & AI

February 17, 2025
The boom in AI tools, especially generative AI, presents many exciting opportunities for UC Merced and the communities we serve. Higher education is at the hub of the AI revolution: AI research, new research fields and methods enabled by AI, changes in...

Thanksgiving Service Closure

November 18, 2024
The Office of Information Technology (OIT) Service Desk, Classroom Support, and Event Support will be closed starting Wednesday, November 27th, at noon. We will reopen on Monday, December 2nd. Please plan accordingly (and happy Thanksgiving!). Though our offices will be closed during this period...
ProtectUs: System-wide Cybersecurity Initiative

Unable to attend the first ProtectUs Town Hall?

November 18, 2024
ProtectUs is a UC wide cybersecurity initiative implemented in the 2024 academic year. We had two opportunites for the campus to engage and ask questions through our townhalls. If you missed us, no worries! We recorded each in its entirety along with all future recordings.  Additionally, we...

DUO Verified Push

January 22, 2024
Changes to our Duo Two Factor Authentication OIT and the Information Security Office are working to be two steps ahead of bad actors and keep you and your sensitive information safe and secure. Part of that effort is a switch from the existing Duo Push method to Duo Verified Push. ...

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