Events
Campus Technology 2009
July 27 - 30, 2009
Boston, MA
Campus Technology 2008
July 28 - 31, 2008
Boston, MA
7/31/2007
Emporia State University, whose slogan is "The Center of IT All," has named a new IT chief: Leon Lewis.
7/31/2007
Penn State University Wednesday launched Penn State On Demand, a collaboration with cable provider Comcast to provide its 2.4 million Pennsylvania customers high speed access to hundreds of hours of programming produced by the university.
7/30/2007
The University of Wisconsin-Madison picked an insider as its next chief information officer after narrowing the field to three candidates. Ronald Kraemer will become CIO and vice provost for information technology, the university announced, stepping up from his role as deputy CIO and associate director of the Division of Information Technology.
7/30/2007
The University of Missouri-Rolla appointed Motorola executive Thomas Weigert as its first Daniel C. St. Clair chair in computer science.
7/30/2007
The University of Florida and IBM Corp. have jointly developed technologies that they say will lead to devices that can automatically and transparently monitor a variety of personal health indicators.
7/27/2007
Recognizing IT's increasing stature as a key element to any business strategy, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) has partnered with technology consulting and market research firm Gartner (Stamford, CT) to launch a Chief Information Officer (CIO) as Full Business Partner program from Oct. 28 to Nov. 2.
7/27/2007
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Daytona Beach, FL) has debuted EagleVision, a Web-enabled, collaborative virtual classroom designed for aviation and aeronautical education.
7/27/2007
Coppin State University (Baltimore, MD) has deployed Annapolis, MD-based eTelemetry's Locate appliance in order to passively match users with their IP address and PC and switch ports in real time.
7/26/2007
Learning management provider Blackboard is expanding its "Greenhouse" initiative into the area of immersive virtual learning. Through a new program, called the Greenhouse Grant for Virtual Worlds, a single recipient will receive a $25,000 for the integration of virtual worlds into teaching and learning.
7/26/2007
Communications technology developer Polycom this week introduced its forthcoming HDX 4000, a videoconferencing and collaboration system that includes high-definition capabilities. It's expected to ship in the fourth quarter.
7/25/2007
Apple today held its third-quarter conference call to discuss financial results with investors. During the call, the company for the first time revealed initial sales for its newly introduced iPhone. It also announced positive growth for the education market and for the iPod in particular, along with record sales for Macintosh systems.
7/25/2007
Microsoft has no plans of setting up a university in India, the company said in a statement in response to a report in the Times of India newspaper picked up by Campus Technology.
7/25/2007
Michele Kimpton will lead the new DSpace Foundation, formed by MIT and HP, as its executive director.
7/25/2007
Education technology provider Intelliworks, which designed customer relationship management system, has launched a new CRM solution called Orion, which, this week, was adopted by New England College (NEC) in New Hampshire.
7/25/2007
Ed tech provider DigiLore has launched a new grant program for both K-12 and higher ed institutions. The grant, according to the company, is designed to support United States Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings's call for "a more accountable higher education system that includes a stronger accreditation process with more information about the quality of colleges and universities."
7/25/2007
Clear a little more shelf space at the college bookstore checkout stand: Memory product company Kingston Technology (Fountain Valley, CA) has kicked off a new line of 1 GB and 2 GB microSD "Collegiate" cards to let students, family, alumni, and faculty add fight songs, school logo wallpapers and other school content to their mobile phones.
7/24/2007
The United States Senate today voted in favor of the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act (SB 1642) 95 to 0 without the previously reported amendment that would have held universities accountable for illegal file sharing on their networks.
7/24/2007
We previously reported that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) planned to introduce a new amendment to the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act requiring a number of universities to police and report uses of illegal file sharing on their campuses. That amendment has now been dropped.
7/24/2007
The University of New Orleans will begin offering classes this fall on a virtual campus in Second Life. There are currently about 6.5 million people who circulate in the electronic community.
7/24/2007
Bruce Bible, Ohio University's recently appointed chief information officer, has completed an initial 75-day review of OU's information technology needs. The result is a new IT-management strategy to restructure the central office, designate advisory groups, and identify opportunities to collaborate with IT workers across the university's Athens and regional campuses.
7/24/2007
The uPortal project to develop a free, sharable Web portal for higher education won the 2007 Catalyst award, given by the Educause association for innovation and excellence in campus IT.
7/24/2007
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) plans to introduce a new amendment to the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act requiring a number of universities to police and report uses of illegal file sharing on its campuses.
7/23/2007
It's been widely reported over the last week that Duke University had suffered network outages caused by Apple's iPhone. Duke University CIO Tracy Futhey released a statement Friday refuting this, saying not only that the problem had been minor and temporary, but that it was not caused by the iPhone at all.
7/23/2007
Oxford University has begun fining students whose Facebook profiles contain pictures of "trashings," a flavor of rowdiness that Oxford undergraduates indulge in after final exams. Trashings involve getting covered in eggs and flour by fellow revelers. The fines range from $80 to $200, according to an Associated Press report.
7/23/2007
Adobe today announced an update to the company's electronic learning software, Captivate. The new version 3.0 will add enhanced recording capabilities and integration with Microsoft PowerPoint. It will ship in August.
Campus Technology 2009
July 27 - 30, 2009
Boston, MA
Campus Technology 2008
July 28 - 31, 2008
Boston, MA
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