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By Jon Edwards · March 31, 2006
June Entman, the law professor at Memphis University who banned laptops from her classroom, said in an e-mail message to The Chronicle this week that she’s not alone in taking a stand against computer use...
Posted in Tech News
By outside author · March 31, 2006
By VINCENT KIERNAN Researchers from two universities are working together to develop technology and techniques for assessing the credibility of information on the World Wide Web. The researchers, from Syracuse University and the University of...
Posted in Tech News
By Jon Edwards · March 23, 2006
At the Lunch ‘n Learn seminar on March 15, Douglas Dixon demonstrated dozens of small portable storage devices, media players, and multi-function devices. Mr. Dixon is a technology consultant with Manifest Technology, the Editor-in-Chief...
Posted in New Media, Princeton Specific, Tech News
By Jon Edwards · March 23, 2006
In the last two decades advances in computing technology, from processing speed to network capacity and the internet, have revolutionized the way scientists work. From sequencing genomes to monitoring the Earth’s climate, many recent scientific...
Posted in Research Computing
By outside author · March 22, 2006
MEMPHIS (AP) — A group of University of Memphis law students are passing a petition against a professor who banned laptop computers from her classroom because she considers them a distraction in lectures. On March...
Posted in Tech News
By outside author · March 19, 2006
By GREG BLUESTEIN Associated Press Writer MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — The campus of Georgia College & State University boasts traditional college fare - spacious greens, historic architecture and a steady stream of students with the...
Posted in New Media, Tech News, Tools for Teaching
By Jon Edwards · March 15, 2006
The Princeton University Library is offering a new way to ask reference questions — through instant messaging. Students, faculty and staff can use their AOL, Yahoo, MSN or ICQ accounts for live reference assistance by...
Posted in Library, Princeton Specific
By Jon Edwards · March 8, 2006
OIT has once again partnered with PICSciE (Princeton Institute for Computational Science and Engineering) and Princeton faculty members to acquire an additional, significant new high-performance supercomputer for the University. The new system, dubbed Della, is...
Posted in Princeton Specific, Research Computing
By Eric Quiñones · March 6, 2006
Each time the door to room 309 opened, the late-afternoon quiet of the Frist Campus Center was shattered by the din of 30 Princeton students engulfed by crises in the Middle East. The Princeton Interactive...
Posted in Princeton Specific, Tools for Teaching
By Jon Edwards · March 3, 2006
In a special March 1 Lunch ‘n Learn presentation, Dr. Maria Klawe, dean of Princeton’s School of Engineering and Applied Science, presented Gender, Lies and Video Games: The Truth about Females and Computing. The event...
Posted in Faculty Spotlights, Princeton Specific
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By Jon Edwards · March 3, 2006
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, “The real inventor of the World-Wide Web,” will be lecturing on a topic to be announced on April 5 at 8:00 pm in McCosh 50. Berners-Lee is the director of the World...
Posted in Princeton Specific, Tech News
