Author Archives: Dawn Irish

University Information Technology (UIT) has recently expanded Tufts’ existing wireless network service to afford better access for University visitors and guests through a new ”tufts-guest” wireless service.  This “guest” wireless service will allow visitors/guests to join Tufts’ wireless service without advance registration and/or delay for activation. Intended Audience and … Continue reading →

Community Relations and University Information Technology (UIT) are pleased to announce that Tufts has a new computer donation program aimed at increasing the number of usable computers the University sends to non-profit organizations near our host communities of Boston, Grafton … Continue reading →

Congratulations to the winners of the 2012 Visualizing Research@Tufts Awards Program!  The winning entries can be found at:  http://sites.tufts.edu/vrta/2012-winners/ Visualization is an important research tool that puts data into a spatial context to effectively communicate information and create a visceral, … Continue reading →

The Information Stewardship Policy and three supporting policies (Use of Institutional Systems, Information Classification and Handling, and Information Roles and Responsibilities) are replacing Tufts original Responsible Use Policy. David Kahle, Vice President for Information Technology and CIO is the executive … Continue reading →

Keeping up with the constant stream of security threats and patches is a major challenge for all IT support organizations.  Since it’s impossible to visit every desktop and laptop quickly enough to thwart a fast-moving security threat, Tufts recently invested … Continue reading →

UIT is pleased to announce that Tufts has purchased a university-wide license for Qualtrics, an easy to use, full-featured, web-based tool for creating and conducting online surveys.  Tufts’ customized version of Qualtrics is now available to all current faculty, clinical … Continue reading →

This fall the UIT Training and Documentation Department began offering new online training to members of the Tufts Community.  Traditionally the majority of training at Tufts has been face-to-face in a classroom setting, but with members of the community spread … Continue reading →

UIT is now accepting entries for the 2012 Visualizing Research@Tufts Awards program whose goals are to: *  showcase Tufts research projects *  enable opportunities for collaboration *  promote the use of visualization as a research tool at Tufts University. This … Continue reading →

Large spatial data repositories are being created every day, but discovering and accessing these data sets poses many challenges.  As a result, Tufts and Harvard Universities developed the Open GeoData Portal for conducting Geographic Information System research.  Launched in November … Continue reading →

Save the Date – December 13 25th University-wide Teaching Conference Classrooms without Borders: Using *Blended Learning to Extend the Classroom Experience When:  9 am – 3 pm, Tuesday, December 13, 2011 Where: Agnes Varis Auditorium, Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary … Continue reading →