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Woo Issues Call to Action for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
May 03, 2016Intended to kick off an extended effort during the next year in EDUCAUSE to help people gain usable knowledge of why diversity, equity, and inclusion is important and how to increase it in the higher education IT workforce, Stony Brook CIO Melissa Woo co-authored an article that appeared in the May 2 issue of EDUCAUSE Review Online.
Kozwolski and Torza Win Innovation Lab's 3D the Campus Competition
May 02, 2016Team Samurai Piledriver took the two top spots in the Stony Brook Innovation Lab's 3D the Campus Competition on April 20, 2016.
VoIP Deployment to Begin May 24
May 02, 2016SBUDoIT will begin rolling out a new Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) Unified Communications system to all West Campus employees on a building-by-building basis beginning May 24, 2016.
Melissa Woo Named No. 35 on Huffington Post's List of Top 100 Most Social CIOs on Twitter
April 26, 2016Stony Brook University Vice President for Information Technology & CIO Melissa Woo earns distinction from the Huffington Post for the fourth-straight year.
Stony Brook Launches Student Schedule Builder
April 18, 2016Stony Brook University launched its new Student Schedule Builder, a project initiated by the Registrar’s Office and Department of Undergraduate Education.
McFarlane Named Student Employer of the Year
April 13, 2016Manager of Audio Visual Services Jarrod McFarlane was selected as the first-ever Student Employer of the Year at Stony Brook University on April 13, 2016.
Gao, Maini, and Vasadi Receive $1,000 DoIT Awards
April 08, 2016DoIT awarded three undergraduate students $1,000 prizes from the Richard W. Reeder Endowment Student Excellence Fund on April 8, 2016.
New Glassboards Installed in Mendelsohn Quad
March 25, 20162016 Women's Leadership Symposium Recap
March 25, 2016Incase you missed it, here's a quick recap of the 2016 Women's Leadership Symposium: Inspiration & Empowerment, A Conversation For and About Women in the Workplace that took place on March 17, 2016.
Innovation Lab Hosts Virtual Reality Campus Competition
March 24, 2016The Stony Brook University Innovation Lab will be hosting a competition to promote virtual reality and to encourage students to explore the growing format.
Dr. Melissa Woo Appointed Vice President for Information Technology and CIO
February 25, 2016President Samuel L. Stanley Jr., M.D. announced on Feb. 25, that following a national search, Dr. Melissa Woo has been appointed to the position of Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer (CIO) at Stony Brook University effective April 4, 2016.
Stony Brook Joins Oracle Academy
February 17, 2016Students, faculty and staff may now gain access to Oracle books, training, and certification at special educational prices.
From Wired to Wireless: The Mobile Technology Ecosystem at Stony Brook
February 11, 2016The proliferation of mobile devices has presented the university community with challenges and opportunities that require the coordination of multiple constituencies, chief among them its faculty.
Guest Access on Public Computers Being Disabled Jan. 25
January 19, 2016In an effort to increase the level of security for the people who regularly use public computers at Stony Brook University, anonymous guest access will be disabled on January 25, 2016.
DoIT to Promote Data Privacy Month at Chillfest on Jan. 26
January 15, 2016DoIT will have a table at the Chillfest on Tues., Jan 26 from 5pm-7pm in the SAC to promote Data Privacy Month 2016.
Blue Waters Student Internship Applications Due Feb. 1
December 23, 2015Blue Waters is one of the world's most powerful supercomputers, capable of performing quadrillions of calculations every second to tackle challenges in astrophysics, chemistry, biology and biomedicine, atmospheric science, and many other fields of research. To help prepare the next generation of supercomputing researchers, the Blue Waters project offers paid internships to undergraduate students across the country.
Innovation Lab to Demonstrate Innovative Technologies in the HSC Library Beginning Jan. 19
December 23, 2015Stony Brook's Innovation Lab will be staffing a table in the HSC Library beginning Jan. 19, through the end of Feburary, to demonstrate 3D printing and health-related models as well as other "DoIT Yourself" ideas. The 3D printers in Stony Brook University’s Innovation Lab are creating medical devices of the future. Medical Daily, which covers the latest health news, scientific trends, and medical information, recently visited the Lab and saw students creating prosthetics that would cost much less than those currently on the market. The Lab is featured in Medical Daily along with the following video.
Microsoft Ending Support for Older Versions of Internet Explorer on Jan. 12, 2016
December 09, 2015After January 12, 2016, Microsoft will no longer provide security updates or technical support for older versions (anything below version 11) of Internet Explorer. Only the most current version of Internet Explorer available for a supported operating system will receive technical support and security updates. Internet Explorer 11 is the last version of Internet Explorer, and will continue to receive security updates, compatibility fixes, and technical support on Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10.
Information Security Initiative Kicks Off
December 08, 2015Stony Brook University has authorized a new Project 50 Forward/Operational Excellence initiative focused on Information Security. This project will bolster the University’s ability to deal with the ever-increasing number of sophisticated cybersecurity threats that pose reputational and financial risks to our institution.
President Stanley Congratulates UIS for Successful PeopleSoft Split Project
December 04, 2015President Stanley hosted a congratulatory breakfast in the Wang Center on Friday, Dec. 4, for members of University Information Systems (UIS) team and other functional business units who helped pull off the successful, yet complex PeopleSoft Split project.