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Big Red’s Hawk Cam Gets an Upgrade
During construction of the Meinig Fieldhouse, the two poles where Cornell’s famous red-tailed hawks share their nests with the world via the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Bird Cams were spared from demolition. Seizing the opportunity to develop a more resilient and maintainable system, dozens of people came together, including CIT's Infrastructure Engineering and Network Engineering and Field Services teams.
IT Security Special Interest Group (SIG) Agenda for December
Cornell security liaisons, technical support providers, and those interested in learning more about security-related topics are invited to join the monthly IT Security SIG meeting on Wednesday, December 10, from 10:30am-12pm ET. This month there will be a presentation on what's new at Identity Management (IDM) from Muhammad Arif as well as an open forum.
This Holiday Season, Give Yourself and the Cornell Community the Gift of Security, Free!
Since October, criminals have deluged Cornell with more than 300,000 phishing email attempts. Take steps to protect your account, and Cornell's data, today.
Power BI Free is Available for All Cornell Faculty, Students, and Staff
Cornell faculty, students, and staff are now licensed for Power BI Free. Power BI Free, accessed using a web browser, allows anyone to review Power BI reports created by individuals who have Power BI Pro.
Weill Cornell Medicine Digitizes Historical Medical Archives with Generative AI on AWS
Handwritten medical records dating back to the Revolutionary War belonging to the New York Presbyterian Hospital are slowly decaying. Weill Cornell Medicine turned to generative artificial intelligence on Amazon Web Services to help digitize this archive.
Pilot of Enhanced Anti-Phishing Protections to Begin Nov. 24
Beginning Monday, November 24, 2025, Cornell will begin a pilot of enhanced anti-phishing protections that come with our investment in Microsoft A5 Defender.
Cost-Effective Innovation: CIT’s Journey to Hyper-Converged
As VMware costs spiked and technology evolved, Cornell’s Cloud and Infrastructure Services team migrated 300 servers to Nutanix's hyper-converged environment in a single year—retiring legacy storage and setting the stage for scalable, resilient infrastructure.
Working as One: CEMI Transformation Gains Momentum
The November 2025 CEMI webinar showcased milestones and other updates to reduce barriers, enable collaboration, and create a seamless experience for everyone relying on Cornell's administrative systems, processes, and data.
Strength in Partnership: Cornell's Backup Evolution to Cohesity
Cross-campus IT teams joined forces to replace a decades-old backup system with a modern, collaborative solution that cuts recovery time from days to minutes.
Teams Feature Updates November 2025
There are new features and improvements in Microsoft Teams, including meeting timers, add emojis with your keyboard, and view incoming calls in a small window.