COMPUTERS GOING OFFLINE: Information and Educational Technology announced that dozens of UC Davis computer services and Web sites will be unavailable from 5 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dec. 21 while technicians upgrade electrical and network systems at the Data Center.

Services as varied as e-mail, SmartSite, MyUCDavis and Mondavi Center ticketing will be temporarily suspended, but the main campus Web site, www.ucdavis.edu, should remain up.

DIAL-UP MODEM SERVICE ENDS JAN. 1: Time is running out for anyone who still uses the campus dial-up modem service. As announced last summer, the service will be discontinued on Jan. 1 to save money.

Information and Educational Technology began phasing out the service, which offers off-campus access to the Internet and the UC Davis computing network, in July. Most former users long ago switched to commercial Internet service providers that offer much faster connections.

More information is available online: access.ucdavis.edu. For questions, call (530) 754-4357.

REGENTS MEETING RESCHEDULED: The UC Office of the President announced a change in dates and location for the first meeting of 2009. Instead of Jan. 20-22, the meeting is now scheduled for Feb. 3-5 at the UC San Francisco-Mission Bay campus' community center, 1675 Owens St.). The agenda will be posted online on Jan. 23.

Live audio broadcasts of the meeting's open sessions will be available via the Internet.

More information.