News: August 2017
Student Services IT is pleased to announce the upcoming release of Cornell ID Scan v2. This major upgrade to the web interface will include many frequently requested features will be released Wednesday, September 6th at 8:00am. Users will be required to upgrade the ID...
This year’s DrupalCamp keynote address, “AccessAbility in Drupal: Using Your Powers for Good,” will be given by Kelsey Hall, Ed.M., M.S., and Joshua Pearson from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
The Ithaca Branch of the Project Management Institute (PMI) is holding its third annual Professional Development Day on Friday, September 15, from 11:30am to 5:00pm at Ithaca College. This year's theme centers on...
It's possible that in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, you may receive phishing emails, or see websites, ads, and other media created by scammers trying to take advantage of the tragedy.
CIT is preparing to make a change to handling of Office 365 email. Mail will be routed directly to Office 365 and no longer pass through Cornell's infrastructure.
Cornell Information Technologies held a two-day Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Forum on August 15 and 16 at the Marriott Hotel in downtown Ithaca. The forum provided 23 different colleges and universities with the chance to discuss how to implement large CRM systems.
The Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) reporting environment will be upgraded to version 12c, with production cutover scheduled for Friday morning, October 20, 2017. As part of the upgrade, the OBIEE server will be relocated to Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Last year brought growth and new developments for the Alliance for Diversity and Inclusion initiatives, and this coming year promises to build upon what's been accomplished.
Online risks don't end when the work day does. Here are some tips to protect your personal identity and information, too.
Phase 1 of the Concur Travel System Project began in June. Find out what's new!
On August 24 and 25, when Cornell hosts a series of events to officially welcome incoming president Martha E. Pollack to the university, a dedicated team from CIT will be hard at work behind the scenes. Andy Page, manager of CIT’s Video Engineering and Event Services, and many others from CIT...
The IT Service Desk will be open for extended hours and in additional campus locations for the return of students, starting Friday, August 18.
Siteimprove is a full-featured web accessibility management service available to all Cornell faculty and staff at the main Ithaca campus, Weill Cornell Medicine, and Cornell Tech. The Siteimprove cloud-based software platform is a simple, yet powerful tool to evaluate how accessible your...
Would you like an opportunity to enhance your coaching skills? Join ITConnects on Wednesday, September 6, for an interactive coaching clinic with MOR executive coach Susan Washburn, where we will address leadership coaching: The breakthrough questions,...
CIT’s Custom Development team is offering The Absolute Beginner's Guide to Drupal 8, an all-day training as part of Cornell’s DrupalCamp, to be held on campus October 19. Cornell DrupalCamp will...
Registration is now open for Cornell DrupalCamp and related events, to be held on campus October 19 and 20.
CIT’s Custom Development team is hosting the annual DrupalCamp on Friday, October 20, 2017, and members of the larger Drupal community are invited to submit session proposals.
During the past year, CIT has worked to transition the Cornell community from WebEx to Zoom. On June 30, 2017, our Cornell WebEx site was turned off, and we are now solely using Zoom for our web and video conferencing needs.
Nominations for the IT Emerging Leaders Program (ITELP) and the IT Leaders Program (ITLP) are now being accepted.
Free workshops on classroom technologies will be held in August.