Berkeley Lab IT News Archive

Katherine Klymko has been recognized as part of the UC Womxn Rock IT 2026 campaign, an annual initiative led by the UC Womxn in Technology (WIT) Committee to celebrate the outstanding contributions of women advancing innovation, leadership, and inclusive excellence across the UC … [Read more...] about UC Womxn Rock IT 2026 recognized NERSC advisor, Katherine Klymko

Click here for the most up to date information about the use of Anthropic / Claude models at LBNL in light of recent federal direction. … [Read more...] about Anthropic/Claude Usage Update

While many people were excited to learn about Google Workspace Studio Flows in the January Jumpstart series last month, some weren’t sure how to incorporate it into their daily work.  Fortunately, we have a great Studio Flow that anyone at Berkeley Lab can try to build their Google Studio … [Read more...] about Google Studio Starter Flow for Emails Records

Science IT @ LBL has partnered with D-Lab to offer free, engaging workshops on the latest IT applications. Upcoming workshops include Python, R Programming, and Tidyverse. Check out the upcoming trainings. … [Read more...] about IT Trainings from D-Lab, March 2026

We have exciting updates to the Passkey Pilot program, including a streamlined setup to help you create a portable passkey on a mobile device or security key and the ability to add additional devices for backup. Sign up here! … [Read more...] about Passkeys Pilot still open with updates!

ScienceIT’s work was referenced in NVIDIA’s post on the ALS deployment of the Accelerator Assistant, a large language model (LLM)-driven system to keep X-ray research on track. The article references not only CBorg, but Ollama, an LLM service that has been integrated into the Lawrencium … [Read more...] about ScienceIT’s work highlighted in NVIDIA post on ALS’s Accelerator Assistant

The University of California Women in Technology Committee (UC WIT) is a self-chartered, independent organization that promotes a supportive, inclusive environment to advance the professional goals of women in technology. UC WIT's annual “UC Women Rock IT” article highlights the contributions of … [Read more...] about 2026 UC Women Rock IT Nomination Close Feb. 20th

ScienceIT has started weekly office hours every Wednesday at 11AM for CBorg, Berkeley Lab's AI portal and service platform that provides access to multiple AI tools and models for researchers and staff. It was developed by the IT Division's ScienceIT Department to support scientists at the Lab with … [Read more...] about ScienceIT Offers CBorg AI Office Hours

Thanks, everyone who attended our first January Jumpstart! We hope you learned a lot and are using some of the productivity tips and tools we discussed in the week-long series. A few updates:  If you want more information about Google Workspace, we have the following offerings: Google … [Read more...] about January Jumpstart recordings available and we want to hear from you!