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Dartmouth Held World Usability Day New England 2007 Conference
For the third consecutive year, Dartmouth College and Landmark College jointly organized World Usability Day New England 2007.
The theme was “universal usability to enhance learning, effectiveness, and
understanding across people of all abilities.” This year’s conference offered
two tracks, one on Teaching & Learning and the other on Web Usability. Both
tracks explored ways in which a universal usability methodology could be used
to design classrooms, curricula, instructional technology, library services and
resources, and Web sites that are usable by all.
Securing the eCampus 2.0: Building a Culture of Information Security in An
Academic Institution Conference Held
The Securing the eCampus 2.0 conference was held to discuss the unique
challenges of cyber security in academia and what it takes to build a culture
of security at an institution. Recent trends illustrate that information system
security is both a campus-wide concern and a institution-wide
responsibility.
New Secured Wireless Network Becomes Available
Dartmouth's single wireless network was divided into four separate services
to meet the needs of distinct groups of users, and also better safeguard
Dartmouth's information. The four new wireless networks (SSIDs) are Dartmouth
Security, Dartmouth Wireless Portal, Dartmouth Library Public, and Dartmouth
Public.
Students Won Google's Campus 3D Contest by Building a Virtual
Dartmouth
A team of Dartmouth students won Google's Build Your Campus in 3D
Competition. Google asked "how would your campus look in 3D" and challenged
students to use Google SketchUp and Google Earth software to find out. The
Dartmouth group was one of seven winning teams chosen from more than 350
entries.
Dartmouth Feted Its Computing History-making Student "Sysprogs"
The 1960s and 1970s were a feverish era in Dartmouth computing, a period
that saw the creation and implementation of software and systems that made
Dartmouth a leader in academic computing and brought computing out of the realm
of experts and into everyday life. See The Dartmouth
Computing Timeline.
Dartmouth hosted a one-day reunion for the former undergraduate "sysprogs" —
short for "system programmers."
New Director of Administrative Computing Appointed
Ellen Waite-Franzen, Vice President for Information Technology at Dartmouth,
announced the appointment of Joseph (Joe) Doucet, the Director of the
Enterprise Computing Group at the University of New Hampshire, as the next
Director of Administrative Computing.
Updated Mission Statement for Peter Kiewit Computing Services
Ellen Waite-Franzen, Vice President for Information Technology and Chief
Information Officer, unveiled an updated mission statement
for the Peter Kiewit Computing Services organization. The statement was
developed over six months in a process involving Computing Services staff.
Dartmouth Student Won 2007 Computer Security Awareness Video Contest
Evan Michals, 07, a Dartmouth Student and an employee of the Student
Computing Help Desk, won the silver award in the 2007 Computer Security
Awareness
video contest conducted by the Security Task Force in the 30-second public
service category.
Computing, Research, and Teaching Web Site Created
CREATE, a new Web site created by Academic Computing, highlights the
use of computing technologies to support research and teaching at
Dartmouth.
Information technology generates excitement when used in ways that are
innovative. The real story about academic computing is less about hardware and
software, and more about the creative ways faculty, students, and researchers
use it to accomplish the mission of the institution. See CREATE: Computing, Research, and
Teaching.
Conference Held to Address Growing Security Concerns Facing Critical
Infrastructures
More than 60 leading researchers from around the world convened on
Dartmouth's campus for an intense conference to address growing security
concerns facing critical infrastructures, notably the electronic communications
networks and physical systems on which most nations depend.
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