{"id":54775,"date":"2025-01-09T10:29:27","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T15:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/draft-its\/?page_id=54775"},"modified":"2025-02-21T14:58:30","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T19:58:30","slug":"blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/draft-its\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"URI ITS Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-promo-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-promo  \"><div class=\"cl-promo-backdrop-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-promo-backdrop style-brand\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-promo-content\"><div class=\"cl-promo-text\"><h1>\nURI ITS Blog<\/h1><p><a class=\"cl-promo-text-link\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/draft-its\/blog\/\">News, Updates, and Articles<\/a><\/p><\/div><div class=\"cl-promo-img-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-promo-img\"><a class=\"cl-promo-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/draft-its\/blog\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/its.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/laptop.png\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"image\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><a class=\"cl-button   prominent\" href=\"https:\/\/its.uri.edu\/tls\/\" title=\"\">Teaching and Learning<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><a class=\"cl-button   prominent\" href=\"https:\/\/its.uri.edu\/research-computing\/\" title=\"\">Research Computing<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><a class=\"cl-button   prominent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\" title=\"\">Training<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center paddingT10\">Faculty Success Story<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"my-grid-layout\"><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/draft-its\/multifaceted-teaching-learning-leveraging-digital-tools-for-large-scale-education\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/draft-its\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2212\/Faculty-Success-Story-Peter-Phipps.jpg\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Peter Phipps | Journalism<\/h2><p>Peter Phipps is a part-time Journalism faculty member with 45 years of experience as a reporter, columnist, and editor.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container button\">Learn More<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center paddingT10\">Research Computing News<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"my-grid-layout\"><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/draft-its\/major-unity-upgrade\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/draft-its\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2212\/Unity-Upgrades-Square.jpg\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Major Unity Upgrade!<\/h2><p>We are pleased to announce that a major and exciting upgrade to our primary HPC\/AI platform, UNITY, is finally complete!<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container button\">Learn More<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Ed Tech News<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"my-grid-layout\"><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/draft-its\/empowering-students-critical-thinking-can-balance-curiosity-and-caution-with-ai\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/draft-its\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2212\/Placeholder-Square.jpg\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Empowering Students<\/h2><p>AI is transforming learning, offering new tools and challenges. Educators must cultivate critical thinking to balance curiosity with caution.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container button\">Learn More<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">Recent Posts<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"cl-tiles thirds equal-height\"><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/draft-its\/empowering-students-critical-thinking-can-balance-curiosity-and-caution-with-ai\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/draft-its\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2212\/Placeholder-Square-300x300.jpg\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Empowering Students<\/h2><p>AI is transforming learning, offering new tools and challenges. Educators must cultivate critical thinking to balance curiosity with caution.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container button\">Discover More<\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/draft-its\/major-unity-upgrade\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/draft-its\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2212\/Unity-Upgrades-Square-300x300.jpg\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Major Unity Upgrade!<\/h2><p>We are pleased to announce that a major and exciting upgrade to our primary HPC\/AI platform, UNITY, is finally complete!<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container button\">Discover More<\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/draft-its\/multifaceted-teaching-learning-leveraging-digital-tools-for-large-scale-education\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/draft-its\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2212\/Faculty-Success-Story-Peter-Phipps-300x300.jpg\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Peter Phipps | Journalism<\/h2><p>Peter Phipps is a part-time Journalism faculty member with 45 years of experience as a reporter, columnist, and editor.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container button\">Discover More<\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/draft-its\/janie-palm-retirement\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/draft-its\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2212\/Janie-Palm-300x300.jpg\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Congratulations to Janie Palm on Her Retirement after 42 Years of Service<\/h2><p>Congratulations to Janie Palm on her retirement after 42 years of dedicated service to URI. Janie\u2019s contributions to IT, instructional technology, and the URI community have left a lasting impact. We wish her all the best in her retirement!<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container button\">Discover More<\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/draft-its\/celebrating-excellence-uris-tech-innovators-honored-in-tech10-awards\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/draft-its\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2212\/Celebrating-Excellence-URIs-Tech-Innovators-Honored-in-Tech10-Awards-1-300x300.jpg\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Celebrating Excellence: URI\u2019s Tech Innovators Honored in Tech10 Awards<\/h2><p>URI celebrates Indrani Mandal and Gaurav Khanna, honorees of RI Monthly's 2024 Tech10 Awards, for their outstanding contributions to AI and research computing.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container button\">Discover More<\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/draft-its\/new-email-ticketing-system-for-faster-support\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/draft-its\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2212\/Gmail-ServiceNow-1-300x300.jpg\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>New Email Ticketing System for Faster Support<\/h2><p>The IT Service Desk has launched an Email Ticketing System! Now, your support requests are automatically converted into tickets for faster resolutions and centralized updates.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container button\">Discover More<\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/draft-its\/exploring-the-future-integrating-generative-ai-at-uri\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/draft-its\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2212\/Generative-AI-1-300x300.jpg\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Exploring the Future: Integrating Generative AI at URI<\/h2><p>We are thrilled to share our exciting journey toward integrating generative AI technologies into our university\u2019s ecosystem. This transformative initiative aims to enhance learning, teaching, and administrative processes.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container button\">Discover More<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Faculty Success Story Research Computing News Ed Tech News Recent Posts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5142,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-54775","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/draft-its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/draft-its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/draft-its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/draft-its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/draft-its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54775"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/draft-its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55112,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/draft-its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54775\/revisions\/55112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/draft-its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}