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10/4/11: It’s 7:58 p.m. Do you know where your mobile device is?

As part of Cyber Security Awareness Month, here are some tips to help mobile computing users stay safe: A lost or stolen device Be aware that your laptop, mobile phone, or tablet PC could be lost or stolen. If that … Continue reading

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10/3/11: October is Cyber Security Awareness Month: Beware the Hook

Like so many other colleges and universities, Tufts continues to be the target of phishing attacks. Although Tufts’ spam filters catch the vast majority of phishing attempts, some faculty and staff members recently received fraudulent emails noting our recent migration … Continue reading

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Announcing ESTS Drop-in Consulting Hours in the Tisch Digital Design Studio

UIT’s directorate of Educational and Scholarly Technology Services (ESTS) is now providing faculty, staff, and students with the ability for drop-in consultations in order to assist them with their questions and ideas around the integration of technology into their teaching, … Continue reading

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9/9/11: Tufts High Performance Computing Cluster Upgrades are Complete

UIT is pleased to announce the completion of the Tufts research cluster upgrade project. The new High-Performance Computing (HPC) research environment is in production bringing more than 1032-cores of computing power to the Tufts community. Over the past three years, … Continue reading

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9/9/11: Coming Soon: UIT Introduces Unified Messaging

Unified messaging is a communications tool that integrates voicemail, email, calendar entries, and text. With this tool, voicemails left on your Tufts telephone are converted into both WAV (audio) files and text so that they can be heard and read … Continue reading

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9/9/11: In Academics, Integrity Matters

Beginning this fall, every incoming student from the schools of Arts & Sciences and Engineering will be required to complete Tufts’ Academic Integrity Tutorial. Students will access the self-paced, case-based, interactive online tutorial via Trunk, Tufts’ next generation learning management … Continue reading

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8/19/2011: Fake Email Phishing Scheme Incorrectly Warns of Exceeded Mail Quota – Don’t Be Fooled

Like so many of our peer institutions, Tufts continues to be the target of multiple phishing schemes.  Please remain vigilant! Phishing can take to form of hoaxes, fraudulent email or websites designed to appear as legitimate offers or services. The … Continue reading

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8/3/11: Expansion of Tufts High Performance Computing Cluster to Begin this Month

Over the past three years UIT has observed an increasing demand for our High-Performance Computing research cluster. In anticipation of the ongoing need for additional resources, we are very proud to announce that UIT will be increasing Tufts’ HPC capacity … Continue reading

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7/25/11: Improvements to External Caller ID from University Telephones

In August UIT will implement improvements to how caller ID information is presented to the outside world on external outgoing calls from Tufts University telephones. Currently, the main number for each campus is displayed on external caller ID when a … Continue reading

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7/25/11: Apple’s Lion OS for Faculty and Staff

UIT is pleased to announce that the university has entered into an Apple Education Licensing Program (AELP). This one-year program covers university-owned computer systems. It allows a user to upgrade his or her system to the most current Macintosh operating … Continue reading

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