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May-June 2004
Lessons Learned: Past Experience Prevents Wide Spread Of Sasser Worm
UIS extends its gratitude to the thousands of users who adopted Windows Automatic Updates after the barrage of Blaster and Welchia. We hope that all of our classmates and colleagues will consider joining them.
Notes from the E-mail Town Hall Meeting
In an April 26 town hall forum attended by students, faculty, researchers, and staff from the main and medical campuses, Lambert and other UIS senior staff members spoke on the state of Georgetown's e-mail system.
Stemming the Tide: Broadcast E-mail
Broadcast messages can serve valid community and academic interests, but a high quantity of broadcast e-mail has unintended consequences. Excessive broadcast e-mail is more than a nuisance; it has significantly contributed to the recent instability of the GUMail system.
CNDLS Teaching, Learning & Technology Summer Institute: Monday, May 24 to Friday May 28, 2004
Vartan Akchyan
The Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship (CNDLS) is inviting Georgetown University faculty, staff, and graduate students to participate in the Tenth Annual Teaching, Learning and Technology Summer Institute (TLTSI).
Access+ E-Check: It's faster, easier, more secure, and saves Georgetown money
The Office of the Registrar and the Office of Financial and Accounting Services needed a way to track checks from the moment they were sent until they were safely deposited into the university’s bank account. And it needed to be found quickly and built economically.
Explore the Possibilities: Web Development Resources that fit Georgetown's Special Needs
A recent addition to the university’s Web development resources, explore.georgetown.edu, is a centralized source for course information, faculty biographies, university events and campus maps. Departments can link to explore.georgetown.edu or bring content from explore.georgetown.edu in to their own sites.
Panther Strikes Georgetown: The feature-rich new operating system arrives just in time for enhanced Mac support
Robert Boyajian
Macintosh’s latest operating system, OS X (10.3) Panther, offers a variety of new features and some notable improvements over its predecessors.
News from Dahlgren Library: New Research Resources for GUMC
Janette Schaffer
Two Electronic Journal Collections Added; Image Resource Available; Password No Longer Needed for NEJM Access; PDA Fair a Hit!; Trial of Science’s Knowledge Environments
Tech News for Students
Preventing Virus Infection; UIS Service Desk and Student Help Desk Summer Hours; Campus Residents: Media Adapters Due; Summer Computer Security for Students; E-Mail Notice for Graduating MSB Students; E-Mail Notice for Other Graduating Students; Web Space Notice For Graduating Students; HoyaNet Bills Due During Summer; Summer Residents: Telephone, Voicemail, and Cable
New Images for Replacement Cycle Computers: Better Security and More Convenience
Specifications for Windows PCs on the replacement cycle have recently been updated to provide better security and new features. | 
