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In the News ...

Summer 2008

Info Security: Everyone's Responsibility - Learn more about protecting personal and sensitive data

UB IT NOW Spring 2008 Newsletter - News about Green Computing, Phishing Alerts and Security Tips, SPAM Management, the UB iTunes U pilot, the Student Services Transformation, and more...

UB recognized by EPA as an individual champion on their 2007-08 College and University Green Power Challenge Champions list.

Fake UB Email: Spammers send out millions of phishing emails trying to trick people into sending them their passwords, account numbers, and other personal info. UB and other reputable organizations will never ask for your password or other personal info via email or over the phone.

CIO Annual Report 2006-07 with strategic plans for 2007-08

Building Innovative Formal/Informal Learning Spaces for Collaboration (Audio), Campus Technology 2007: Roadmap to IT Leadership

Preliminary UB undergraduate student findings about IT use and preferences from Spring 2007 ECAR Study

EDUCAUSE e-book: Learning Spaces : Rethinking Learning Spaces (Classrooms, Next Gen Computer Labs, Library Spaces, Group Work Spaces)

Planning and Designing Technology-Rich Learning Spaces JISC InfoNet

Photos of Technology-Rich Learning Spaces JISC InfoNet

IT Engagement in Research (ECAR Study - Key Findings)

 


Affiliations

  • ACUTA (The Association for Communications Technology Professionals in Higher Education): To support higher education institutions in achieving optimal use of communications technologies.
  • ACM (Association for Computing Machinery): An international scientific and educational organization dedicated to advancing the arts, sciences, and applications of information technology.
  • AMA (American Management Association): A global not-for-profit, membership-based association that provides a full range of management development and educational services to individuals, companies and government agencies worldwide.
  • ECAR (EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research): ECAR provides timely research and analysis to help higher education leaders make informed information technology decisions.
  • EDUCAUSE: A nonprofit association whose mission is to advance higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology.
  • EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (Formerly known as the National Learning Infrastructure Initiative): A community of higher education institutions and organizations committed to advancing learning through IT innovation.
  • GARTNER: The world's leading provider of research and analysis about the global information technology industry.
  • ICIA (InfoCom International): An industry-wide non-profit trade association that provides education, exhibitions and information services to its worldwide membership and the audiovisual communications industry.
  • IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc): A non-profit, technical professional association of more than 365,000 individual members in approximately 150 countries.
  • Internet2: Led by more than 200 U.S. universities and working with industry and government, develops and deploys advanced network applications and technologies for research and higher education.
  • NYSERNet: A partnership of NY State's research, educational, medical and cultural institutions to provide networking for New York's future.
  • SANS (SysAdmin, Audit, Network, Security): The SANS Institute develops, maintains, and makes available at no cost, the largest collection of research documents about various aspects of information security.
  • Windows in Higher Education: To enable Higher Education technical discussion about Windows issues and to give Microsoft representatives a forum to hear what the HiEd community wants.