C-Level View :: June 13, 2007 -- Campus Technology

San Jose State University AVP Mary Jo Gorney-Moreno comments on the process of creating a high-tech student success center on campus.

By Mary Grush

CT: How did the idea for an Academic Success Center come about?

Gorney-Moreno: The project actually began as a secondary effect of building a new library....

Ohio U CIO Presents $8 MM Plan to Bolster Campus Tech: Ohio University Chief Information Officer Brice Bible presented the Ohio U board of trustees a proposal for strengthening the university's central information technology systems at a cost of $8 million over five years....
It Does Compute--All Across Campus: Mathematica 6.0, the most comprehensive upgrade to Wolfram Research Inc.'s famous computational software in the company's 20-year history, has arrived on the University of Mississippi campus....
Duke Manages Campus Network Via NetMRI: To simplify management of a campus network consisting of more than 33,000 ports, Duke University (Durham, NC) has deployed Annapolis, MD-based Netcordia's NetMRI Enterprise, a network management and monitoring solution....

Purdue's Permanent CIO: Gerry McCartney has permanently assumed the role of Purdue University's (IN) vice president for information technology and chief information officer. Prior to his July 2006 interim appointment as Purdue’s top IT administrator, McCartney was assistant dean for technology at Purdue’s Krannert School of Management for two years....

Training the Next Generation of Space Cybersecurity Experts

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Anthropic Launches Claude for Education

Anthropic has announced a version of its Claude AI assistant tailored for higher education institutions. Claude for Education "gives academic institutions secure, reliable AI access for their entire community," the company said, to enable colleges and universities to develop and implement AI-enabled approaches across teaching, learning, and administration.
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Improving AI Governance for Stronger University Compliance and Innovation

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