Monthly Archives: December 2006

Members of the Boston Colllege / Tufts University Massachusetts Health Passport research team learned the basics of geographic information systems (GIS) in a recent workshop. Tufts researchers, led by Professor Fran Jacobs (Child Development / Urban and Environmental Policy), are … Continue reading →

With the help of UIT interactive media designers and the SparkBlogs tool, Professor David Locke and his Kiniwe West African Music and Dance Ensemble students will be journaling their trip to Ghana in January of 2007. Follow their journey on … Continue reading →

Tufts geographic information system (GIS) specialists Patrick Florance and Barbara Parmenter led a seminar in the uses of GIS for humanitarian relief operations. The seminar was for students in the Humanitarian Studies and Field Practice Certificate Program, an inter-university initiative … Continue reading →

Pearl Robinson will be leading a group of Africa in the New World (ANW) students to Ghana this winter. She was interested in enabling the students to store and reflect on their writing and experiences on the trip. UIT Academic … Continue reading →

The interdisciplinary nature of the Water: Systems, Science, and Society program, which brings together instructors and students from the geographically separated Tufts campuses, prompted Professor Paul Kirshen to call UIT’s Academic Technology department to help him research and implement a … Continue reading →

Associate Dean Joe McManus of the Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine is using the internet telephony software Skype to provide an extremely portable and inexpensive method for allowing off-campus guest instructors to “dial in” to his Vet school classes. … Continue reading →