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Status and Service Updates

Planned Outage the week of June 8 for Scratch OS Upgrade

We have scheduled a planned outage affecting the Savio cluster during the week of June 8. DDN recommended this upgrade, and we are undertaking it partly in response to the recent outages many of you have experienced. While this upgrade is not a guaranteed remedy, we believe it is an important and necessary step toward enhancing the system's overall reliability and stability. We appreciate your patience and cooperation as we work to improve the Savio environment.

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Exploring REDCap: Enabling Secure Data Capture at UC Berkeley

April 21, 2025

REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture) is a secure web application designed to support online and offline data capture for research studies.

Rick Jaffe, who co-leads the REDCap service at Berkeley, describes it as a tool that allows researchers...Read more about Exploring REDCap: Enabling Secure Data Capture at UC Berkeley

Debunk with Empathy: A New Book on How We Should Talk About Health

February 12, 2025

How do you talk to a loved one about vaccines without it spiraling into an argument? What do you say when a parent insists on a remedy passed down for generations, but you’re unsure if it actually works?

These are the kinds of conversations...Read more about Debunk with Empathy: A New Book on How We Should Talk About Health

February Spring 2025 Newsletter

February 6, 2025

Welcome to this special Spring 2025 issue of UC Berkeley's Research IT newsletter. Coinciding with Valentine’s Day, next week is Love Data Week

which is...Read more about February Spring 2025 Newsletter