Guntram Herb (Geography) has been accepted to the Digital Native American and Indigenous Studies workshop that will take place in May at Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis. This award covers all expenses of… Read More →…Continue Reading Guntram Herb receives Digital Native American and Indigenous Studies workshop award
Year: 2017
Weekly Web Updates – January 23, 2017
With our colleagues in Communications & Marketing, we’ve launched a small redesign of the Middlebury News Room site, with featured stories, and a sidebar of news blurbs about people, Middlebury in the News, and campus notes. We have updated the WordPress Jetpack plugin to version 4.5 which has a lot of new functionality for its […]…Continue Reading Weekly Web Updates – January 23, 2017
ACTT Proposal for the Adoption of Panopto
Why The ACTT recommended a fall 2016 Panopto Pilot, following the spring 2016 evaluation of streaming media and video asset management services. 10 Undergraduate and 8 MIIS courses used Panopto for video streaming. Students that also used Canvas in their…
ACTT Proposal for the Adoption of Zoom
Why We investigated alternative web conferencing services for remote work, collaboration, and online learning. Our Adobe service provider will be discontinuing their education pricing for Adobe Connect licenses, doubling our costs. A number of services were identified; some of them…
Information Security Alert: New Phishing Technique Being Exploited
Ref: https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2017/01/gmail-phishing-data-uri/ What you need to know A new highly effective phishing technique targeting Gmail and other services has been gaining popularity during the past year among attackers. Over the past few weeks there have been reports of experienced technical users being hit by this. This attack is currently being used to target Gmail customers and […]…Continue Reading Information Security Alert: New Phishing Technique Being Exploited
Noah Graham named Cottrell Scholar
Noah Graham (Physics), a 2005 recipient of the Cottrell College Science Award, has been named a Cottrell Scholar by the Research Corporation, a private foundation that aids basic research in the physical sciences.… Read More →…Continue Reading Noah Graham named Cottrell Scholar
InfoSec Alert: Fake “Microsoft Tech Support” Telephone Calls
Please note, Several members of the Middlebury community have recently reported receiving fake “Microsoft Tech Support” telephone calls. These calls are scams. Microsoft does not make unsolicited phone calls to help you fix your computer. If you receive a call from someone claiming to be from “Microsoft Technical Support” (or a similar sounding organization), hang […]…Continue Reading InfoSec Alert: Fake “Microsoft Tech Support” Telephone Calls