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Digital Innovation Showcase at Celebrate UCI: Using XR Technology to Enhance the Prospective Student Experience
Students don MetaQuest headsets to experience dorm life during Celebrate UCI 2025. Tony Hwang/UCI June 24, 2025By Antu Nguyen At this year’s Celebrate UCI, hundreds of admitted students stepped into the future of campus life through the new Digital Innovation...
BRIDGING The Gap For Lifelong Student Success
On May 20, leaders from over 30 Southern California schools, colleges, universities and organizations gathered at UC Irvine to address how to create a more seamless, data-informed educational journey for all students.
AI Meets Art: How UCI’s Langson IMCA is Revolutionizing Art Cataloging
A new collaboration between the Jack and Shanaz Langson Institute and Museum of California Art (Langson IMCA), ZotGPT, and an Information and Computer Science (ICS) student is revolutionizing the task of cataloging and keyword assignment.
ZotGPT Academy: Empowering UCI Faculty and Staff with AI Skills
As generative AI is transforming business and education worldwide, UCI is at the forefront of this development, ensuring that faculty and staff have the knowledge and resources to integrate AI into their work in the most relevant ways. Led by Dominic Slauson, Business Systems Analyst for ZotGPT, ZotGPT Academy is a hands-on training program designed to upskill the UCI community in generative AI.
Securing the Future: ZotGPT and Cyber@UCI Unite to Fortify Generative AI Defenses
As AI continues to reshape our digital landscape, UC Irvine is taking bold steps to ensure the security of ZotGPT Chat, our signature generative AI solution. A novel collaboration between ZotGPT and Cyber@UCI, a student-led cybersecurity club, is setting new standards for AI security testing and student engagement in real-world cybersecurity challenges.
UCI Launches AWS Credits Portal, Offering Free Cloud Computing Resources to Students and Faculty
The AWS Credits Portal, which launched in February 2025, allows eligible UCI community members to access sandbox AWS accounts pre-loaded with $25 in credits. These accounts offer a wide range of cloud services, including computing power, storage solutions, and advanced tools for machine learning and data analytics.
Classroom-Focused AI Chatbot Is Making Its Way Into UCI Classrooms
UCI is now introducing ClassChat: a ZotGPT tool with the ability to create course-specific enclaves and learning environments that have significant potential to enhance student learning and success. Joining our ZotGPT suite of AI services, ClassChat represents UCI’s next bold step into the higher education AI space.
A Journey of Growth and Innovation: From UCI’s ELP to SLAC
For Haley Marts, Computer Science ’24, the road to a career in computer science and technology was anything but straightforward. She began her journey at community college, exploring both mechanical engineering and computer science, and ultimately discovered a passion for programming.