Stories about our impact on campus and the surrounding community
Now, UIUC has an ultra-fast, agile network that efficiently meets the exponential bandwidth needs of higher education on campus and beyond. With a solid digital foundation, the university continues to advance its mission as it engages and educates the next generation of leaders.”
The IT Accessibility Liaisons Program (ITAL) identifies, recruits, and trains people within campus units to serve as digital accessibility resources. Liaisons serve voluntarily and may hold technical or non-technical positions, which allows for broader exposure and diverse channels of communication.
When classes went fully remote due to the COVID-19 outbreak in Spring 2020, Chancellor Robert Jones knew a lot of work would be necessary to get students, faculty, and staff back to campus safely in the Fall. Technology Services at Illinois, the central IT organization for the university, has been instrumental in making that possible.
While the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak caused many conferences to reschedule or cancel entirely, one committee decided its community needed to meet to talk shop and connect amidst the upheaval of a public health crisis.
This year, Technology Services teamed up with the Sports Technology team at Illinois Athletics to establish a state-of-the-art, sideline medical replay system at Memorial Stadium.
Through a collaboration with Technology Services at Illinois, Facilities & Services, and the University of Illinois System Offices, the new UI Ride Shuttle Service provides free, secure wireless connection for university professionals traveling from Urbana to Chicago.
A collaborative pilot effort to host an accessible, highly-efficient computing resource on campus.
The University of Illinois is developing a new IT Accessibility Policy that will make a foundational impact on inclusivity and accessibility for higher education